Giant vs. Dwarf

Giant vs. Dwarf — Is There a Difference?
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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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Giantnoun

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).

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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 giant

Dwarfverb

make appear small by comparison;

This year's debt dwarves that of last year

Giantnoun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Dwarfverb

check the growth of;

the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines

Giantnoun

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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