large indefinite quantity vs spate

spate vs large indefinite quantity

large indefinite quantity and spate both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spate is a hyponym of large indefinite quantity; that is, spate 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
spate: (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, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, 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)	spate (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude	the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
	a sudden forceful flow
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Difference between large indefinite quantity and spate

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