larger than life vs monumental

larger than life

adj
  • Usually of a person: very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential. 

  • Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case. 

monumental

adj
  • Large, grand and imposing. 

  • a monumental task 

  • In the manner of a monument. 

  • Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete. 

  • Relating to monuments. 

How often have the words larger than life and monumental occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )