giga- vs super-

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. 

super-

prefix
  • intensely, extremely, or exceptional 

  • supersymmetry 

  • superhero 

  • above, over, or upon 

  • inclusive 

  • superior in size, quality, number, degree, status, title, or position 

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