A little giant is an oxymoron. This sentence means something (a person who is small for a giant) even though the words "little" and "giant" are opposites.
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It’s an oxymoron
An oxymoron is a phrase where the two words seemingly contradict each other. 'Random order' is an oxymoron. Gentle giant isn't really an oxymoron, because no part of being gentle means you can't be large, and no part of being large means you can't be gentle.
opposites * up / down * tall / short oxymoron * "jumbo shrimp" * "little giant"
The antonym of an oxymoron is a tautology. For example: "almost exactly" is an oxymoron. "Tiny little" is a tautology.
Little giants, yes.
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are you looking for "oxymoron"? Another good example is "military intelligence"
Tautologies, such as tiny little
Jumbo sized shrimp, Or Baby Giant?
In English, the words "giant shrimp" are an example of an oxymoron. An oxymoron is when basically two antonyms are put together. "Shrimp" is a word for being small, and "giant" is a word for being big. ----------------- I'm guessing that you mean English as in England. If so, they are called a Prawn. Hope this helps you!
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