different between gigantic vs whopping

English

Alternative forms

• gigantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (gigantikós), ultimately from ????? (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?-g?n't?k, IPA^(key): /d?a???ænt?k/
• Rhymes: -ænt?k

Adjective

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 1[1]:

     Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)

     Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,

     Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;

2. In the manner of a giant.

Synonyms

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• gigantism

Related terms

• giant

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

gigant +? -ic

Adjective

gigantic m or n (feminine singular gigantic?, masculine plural gigantici, feminine and neuter plural gigantice)

1. giant

Declension

English

Etymology

whop (verb) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Hyphenation: whop?ping

Adjective

whopping (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Adverb

whopping (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.

Synonyms

• awfully
• terribly

Verb

whopping

1. present participle of whop.

Noun

whopping (plural whoppings)

1. A beating.

Synonyms

• thrashing
• walloping
• whupping (colloquial)

Further reading

• “whopping” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 24 July 2017.