different between gigantic vs expansive

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spæns?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Adjective

expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)

1. Comprehensive in scope or extent.

   an expansive research work

2. Talkative and sociable.
3. Able to be expanded. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.

Translations

French

Adjective

expansive

1. feminine singular of expansif

Latin

Adjective

exp?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?ns?vus