Elephant
Elephant noun - Something or someone that is unusually large and powerful.
Usage example: by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
Monster and elephant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Monster" instead a noun "Elephant".
Nearby Word: elephantine
Monster
Monster noun - Something large of its kind.
Usage example: a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
Nearby Words: monstrous, monstrously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The first one was Jakki, a snail-like alien pet that was accidentally swallowed by a zoo elephant, transforming the animal into the monster Zruzular, so 80 went inside the elephant to subdue Jakki.
Source: Womb Level -
Dumb Dinos: Gwangi is of the marauding-monster variety - he leaves an elephant he kills uneaten before targeting humans.
Source: Film / The Valley of Gwangi -
Madan Senki Ryukendo, however, hops between rubber suits and CGI ones, such as a monster best described as a flying mood ring laser elephant.
Source: People in Rubber Suits
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