different between voluminous vs enormous

English

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volv? (“roll, turn about”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
Having written much, or produced many volumes
Synonyms: copious, diffuse
a voluminous writer

From Latin ?normis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)

(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
- , New York 2001, p.105:
  all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […].
(obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
- 1872, James Pillsbury Lane, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church, Bristol, R.I., 1689-1872, page 61:
  Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […]
- 1898, Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon Suppression, page 7:
  Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism. As a so-called religious organization, Romanism is not only the foe of Protestantism, but […]
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

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