The difference between Dwarf and Giant
When used as nouns, dwarf means 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, whereas giant means a mythical human of very great size.
When used as adjectives, dwarf means miniature, whereas giant means very large.
Dwarf is also verb with the meaning: to render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
check bellow for the other definitions of Dwarf and Giant
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Dwarf as a noun (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.
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Dwarf as a noun (now, often, _, offensive):
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.
Examples:
"synonyms: midget [[pygmy]] q imprecise"
"ant ettin giant"
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Dwarf as a noun:
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
Examples:
"synonyms: runt"
"'dwarf tree"
"'dwarf honeysuckle"
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Dwarf as a noun (star):
A star of relatively small size.
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Dwarf as an adjective (especially in, _, botany):
Miniature.
Examples:
"The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant."
"It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires."
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Dwarf as a verb (transitive):
To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
Examples:
"synonyms: miniaturize shrink"
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Dwarf as a verb (transitive):
To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
Examples:
"The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline."
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Dwarf as a verb (transitive):
To make appear insignificant.
Examples:
"synonyms: eclipse overshadow outshadow outshine outdo put to shame upstage surpass outmatch outstrip"
"Bach dwarfs all other composers."
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Dwarf as a verb (intransitive):
To become (much) smaller.
Examples:
"synonyms: shrink"
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Dwarf as a verb:
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addison"
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Giant as a noun:
A mythical human of very great size.
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Giant as a noun (mythology):
Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
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Giant as a noun:
A very tall person.
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Giant as a noun:
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
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Giant as a noun (astronomy):
A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
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Giant as a noun (computing):
An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
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Giant as a noun:
A very large organisation.
Examples:
"The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains."
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Giant as a noun:
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
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Giant as a noun:
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Giant as an adjective:
Very large.