large indefinite amount vs quite a little

quite a little vs large indefinite amount

large indefinite amount and quite a little both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
large indefinite amount	Yes	No	No	No
quite a little	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quite a little is a hyponym of large indefinite amount; that is, quite a little 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
quite a little: (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, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, 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)	quite a little (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 quite a little

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