How do languages end up with so many words for the same thing?

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Why did we not stop at “big” and instead we now have “huge”, “massive”, “giagantic”, “large”, “enormous” etc?

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There’s also aesthetics to consider, some times you want to express a thought with a pleasing phrase. Speech is an art form as much as any other, and one that is more accessible than others.

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