Immense vs. Enormous

Immense vs. Enormous — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Immense and Enormous

Immenseadjective

Huge, gigantic, very large.

Enormousadjective

(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

Immenseadjective

(colloquial) Supremely good.

Enormousadjective

(obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

Immenseadjective

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;

huge government spendinghuge country estateshuge popular demand for higher educationa huge wavethe Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountainsimmense numbers of birdsat vast (or immense) expensethe vast reaches of outer spacethe vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization

Enormousadjective

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

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Enormousadjective

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree;

an enormous boulderenormous expensestremendous sweeping plainsa tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technologya plane took off with a tremendous noise