giant vs substantial

giant

adj
  • Very large. 

noun
  • Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology. 

  • A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended. 

  • A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant). 

  • A mythical human of very great size. 

  • A tall species of a particular animal or plant. 

  • A very tall and large person. 

  • A very large organisation. 

  • A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. 

  • A jotun. 

  • An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes. 

substantial

adj
  • Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant. 

  • Most important; essential. 

  • Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable. 

  • Having a substance; actually existing. 

  • Corporeal; material; firm. 

  • Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy. 

  • Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling. 

  • Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm. 

noun
  • Anything having substance; an essential part. 

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