half a dozen vs Captain Hicks

half a dozen and Captain Hicks both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
half a dozen	Yes	No	No	No
Captain Hicks	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, half a dozen and Captain Hicks are synonyms defined as:

half a dozen and Captain Hicks: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Other synonyms of half a dozen include 6, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI.

half a dozen (noun)	Captain Hicks (noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one	the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one