mile vs large indefinite quantity

large indefinite quantity vs mile

mile and large indefinite quantity both are nouns.

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

As nouns, large indefinite quantity is a hypernym of mile; that is, large indefinite quantity is a word with a broader meaning than mile:

mile: a large distance
large indefinite quantity: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

Other hypernyms of mile include large indefinite amount.

mile (noun)	large indefinite quantity (noun)
a footrace extending one mile	an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
a large distance

Difference between mile and large indefinite quantity

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.