surpassing vs prodigious

surpassing and prodigious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surpassing	No	Yes	No	No
prodigious	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, surpassing and prodigious are synonyms defined as:

surpassing and prodigious: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

Other synonyms of surpassing include exceeding, exceptional, olympian.

surpassing (adjective)	prodigious (adjective)
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree	far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence	so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
	of momentous or ominous significance