giant vs brute

giant and brute both are nouns.

giant and brute both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
giant	Yes	Yes	No	No
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, brute is a hypernym of giant; that is, brute is a word with a broader meaning than giant:

giant: any creature of exceptional size
brute: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of giant include animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna.

giant (noun)	brute (noun)
any creature of exceptional size	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
an unusually large enterprise	a cruelly rapacious person
a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
someone that is abnormally large and powerful
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

giant (adjective)	brute (adjective)
of great mass; huge and bulky	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

Difference between giant and brute

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