Difference between Great and Swell

What is the difference between Great and Swell?

Great as a noun is a person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. while Swell as a noun is a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

Great

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Expression of gladness and content about something. sarcastic inversion thereof.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very big, large scale. Very good. Important. Title referring to an important leader.

Example sentence: Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Swell

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Excellent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Example sentence: When I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of Barbra Streisand's records. And she was very young then. I think she probably had three records out, and she was 21, and we had them all. And I knew every single song, every breath, every elision, every swell. And I sang along to it.

We hope you now know whether to use Great or Swell in your sentence.

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