large indefinite quantity vs dozens

dozens vs large indefinite quantity

large indefinite quantity and dozens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
large indefinite quantity	Yes	No	No	No
dozens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dozens is a hyponym of large indefinite quantity; that is, dozens is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than large indefinite quantity:

large indefinite quantity: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
dozens: a large number or amount

Other hyponyms of large indefinite quantity 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, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads.

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

Difference between large indefinite quantity and dozens

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