giga- vs out-

giga-

prefix
  • Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree. 

  • In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹ (short scale billion or long scale milliard). Symbol: G 

  • Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824. 

  • Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something. 

out-

prefix
  • Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive. 

  • Toward the outside of, away from 

  • External to, on the outside of 

  • Greater than 

  • Completely 

  • Beyond 

How often have the words giga- and out- occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )