Giant vs. Dwarf
Difference Between Giant and Dwarf
Giantnoun
A mythical human of very great size.
Dwarfnoun
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
Giantnoun
(mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
Dwarfnoun
A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
Giantnoun
A very tall person.
Dwarfnoun
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
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A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
Dwarfnoun
(star) A star of relatively small size.
Giantnoun
(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
Dwarfadjective
Miniature.
The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.Giantnoun
(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
Dwarfverb
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
Giantnoun
A very large organisation.
The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.Dwarfverb
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.Giantnoun
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
Dwarfverb
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
Bach dwarfs all other composers.Giantnoun
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Dwarfverb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
Giantadjective
Very large.
Dwarfverb
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Giantnoun
any creature of exceptional size
Dwarfnoun
a person who is abnormally small
Giantnoun
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
Dwarfnoun
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Giantnoun
an unusually large enterprise;
Walton built a retail giantDwarfverb
make appear small by comparison;
This year's debt dwarves that of last yearGiantnoun
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
Dwarfverb
check the growth of;
the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pinesGiantnoun
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Giantnoun
an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales
Giantnoun
a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
Giantadjective
of great mass; huge and bulky;
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