large indefinite amount vs great deal

great deal vs large indefinite amount

large indefinite amount and great deal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
large indefinite amount	Yes	No	No	No
great deal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, great deal is a hyponym of large indefinite amount; that is, great deal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than large indefinite amount:

large indefinite amount: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
great deal: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Other hyponyms of large indefinite amount include chunk, busload, barrels, batch, deal, flock, good deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, battalion, large number, multitude, pack, plurality, all get out, billy-ho, billyo, billyoh, boatload, carload, shipload, infinitude, maximum, upper limit, mile, bazillion, billion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion, much, myriad, ocean, sea, ream, small fortune, dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads.

large indefinite amount (noun)	great deal (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Difference between large indefinite amount and great deal

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