giant vs personage

personage vs giant

giant and personage both are nouns.

giant is an adjective but personage is not an adjective.

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

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

giant: a person of exceptional importance and reputation
personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Other hypernyms of giant include important person, influential person.

giant (noun)	personage (noun)
any creature of exceptional size	another word for person; a person not meriting identification
an unusually large enterprise	a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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)	personage (adjective)
of great mass; huge and bulky

Difference between giant and personage

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