giant vs heavyweight what difference

what is difference between giant and heavyweight

English

Alternative forms

• giaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”).

Displaced native Middle English eten, ettin (from Old English ēoten), and Middle English eont (from Old English ent).

Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”) and Old English þyrs (“giant, monster, demon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
  • (dialectal, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪnt/
• Rhymes: -aɪənt
• Hyphenation: gi‧ant

Noun

giant (plural giants)

1. A mythical human of very great size.
2. (mythology) Specifically:
   1. Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
   2. A jotun.
3. A very tall and large person.
4. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
5. (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
6. (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium’s maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
7. A very large organisation.
8. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
   • 1988, Thomas Dolby, “Airhead”:

     she’s not the intellectual giant

9. (gymnastics) A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

Synonyms

See also: Thesaurus:giant

Derived terms

• Giant’s Causeway

Translations

Adjective

giant (not comparable)

1. Very large.

Synonyms

• colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Antonyms

• dwarf
• midget

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ngāti, TA’ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, tagin, tangi, tiang, tinga

English

Etymology

heavy +‎ weight

Noun

heavyweight (plural heavyweights)

1. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, “Pilot” (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Who’s he?

     Patrick: He’s only the most popular kid in school.

     Allen Gregory: Ah, the two heavyweights finally meet. Sure you’re tired of all the buzz. Allen Gregory DeLongpre.

     Joel Zadak: Joel…Zadak!

2. (uncountable) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
3. (uncountable) A similar division and contestant in other sports.

Derived terms

• junior heavyweight
• light heavyweight
• non-heavyweight, nonheavyweight
• superheavyweight

Translations

Adjective

heavyweight (not comparable)

1. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
2. Being relatively heavy.
3. Being a leader in one’s field.
4. Important or impressive.

See also

• lightweight
• midweight

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