different between gigantic vs extensive

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

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extens?vus, from Latin extensus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ks?t?n.s?v/

Adjective

extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)

1. having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
2. (figuratively) considerable in amount.

   I have done extensive research on the subject.

3. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
4. (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Derived terms

• extensive property

Related terms

• extend
• extense
• extent

Translations

See also

• intensive

French

Adjective

extensive

1. feminine singular of extensif

Latin

Adjective

ext?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of ext?ns?vus