large indefinite amount vs heaps

heaps vs large indefinite amount

large indefinite amount and heaps both are nouns.

large indefinite amount is not an adverb while heaps is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
large indefinite amount	Yes	No	No	No
heaps	Yes	No	No	Yes

As nouns, heaps is a hyponym of large indefinite amount; that is, heaps 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
heaps: a large number or amount

Other hyponyms of large indefinite amount include chunk, busload, barrels, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great 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, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads.

large indefinite amount (noun)	heaps (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude	a large number or amount

large indefinite amount (adverb)	heaps (adverb)
	very much

Difference between large indefinite amount and heaps

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