The difference between Elephantine and Elephantlike

When used as adjectives, elephantine means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants, whereas elephantlike means similar to an elephant, or a characteristic of an elephant.


check bellow for the other definitions of Elephantine and Elephantlike

  1. Elephantine as an adjective:

    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.

  2. Elephantine as an adjective:

    Very large.

  1. Elephantlike as an adjective:

    Similar to an elephant, or a characteristic of an elephant

    Examples:

    "elephantlike stomping"

  2. Elephantlike as an adjective (figuratively):

    (Of memory) which is very good

    Examples:

    "He has an elephantlike memory - he rarely forgets things."