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)
- A mythical human of very great size.
- (mythology) Specifically:
- Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- A jotun.
- A very tall and large person.
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
- (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium’s maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- A very large organisation.
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- 1988, Thomas Dolby, “Airhead”:
- she’s not the intellectual giant
- 1988, Thomas Dolby, “Airhead”:
- (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)
- 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)
- 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!
- 2011 Allen Gregory, “Pilot” (season 1, episode 1):
- (uncountable) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
- (uncountable) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
Derived terms
- junior heavyweight
- light heavyweight
- non-heavyweight, nonheavyweight
- superheavyweight
Translations
Adjective
heavyweight (not comparable)
- Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- Being relatively heavy.
- Being a leader in one’s field.
- Important or impressive.
See also
- lightweight
- midweight
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