Yes, for example, there are the subtle ways of describing a size, by changing only a few words to give it an entirely new meaning, example:

His tool was the the size of her wrist, it was that big.

That makes it sound super duper big. However, if you change just a little bit...

She looked at his tool, noticing that it looked as big as her wrist, it was that big.

The second one is a bit more vague, an exaggerated description in the girl's mind, where the first one is the actual description of it. Not to say one of the above examples is better than the other, I have simply brought them up to compare them.