large indefinite quantity vs quite a little

quite a little vs large indefinite quantity

large indefinite quantity and quite a little both are nouns.

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

As nouns, quite a little is a hyponym of large indefinite quantity; that is, quite a little 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
quite a little: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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, 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 quantity (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 quantity and quite a little

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