Dwarf vs. Giant

Dwarfnoun

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

Dwarfnoun

A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Dwarfnoun

An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

Dwarfnoun

(star) A star of relatively small size.

Dwarfadjective

Miniature.

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To make appear insignificant.

Dwarfverb

(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.

Dwarfverb

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Dwarfnoun

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind.

Dwarfnoun

A diminutive human being, small in stature due to a pathological condition which causes a distortion of the proportions of body parts to each other, such as the limbs, torso, and head. A person of unusually small height who has normal body proportions is usually called a midget.

Dwarfnoun

A small, usually misshapen person, typically a man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves.

Dwarfverb

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Dwarfverb

To become small; to diminish in size.

Dwarfnoun

a person who is abnormally small

Dwarfnoun

a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

Dwarfverb

make appear small by comparison;

Dwarfverb

check the growth of;

Dwarfnoun

(in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking.

Dwarfnoun

a person who is of unusually or abnormally small stature because of a medical condition; a person affected by dwarfism.

Dwarfnoun

a very short person.

Dwarfnoun

denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species

Dwarfnoun

a star of relatively small size and low luminosity, including the majority of main sequence stars.

Dwarfverb

cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison

Dwarfverb

stunt the growth or development of

Giantnoun

A mythical human of very great size.

Giantnoun

(mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

Giantnoun

A very tall person.

Giantnoun

A tall species of a particular animal or plant.

Giantnoun

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

Giantnoun

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

Giantnoun

A very large organisation.

Giantnoun

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

Giantnoun

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Giantadjective

Very large.

Giantnoun

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

Giantnoun

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

Giantnoun

Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Giantadjective

Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giantnoun

any creature of exceptional size

Giantnoun

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

Giantnoun

an unusually large enterprise;

Giantnoun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Giantnoun

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

Giantnoun

an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales

Giantnoun

a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

Giantadjective

of great mass; huge and bulky;

Giant

In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: gigas, cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word giant is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle.