peanuts vs amount

peanuts and amount both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peanuts	Yes	No	No	No
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, amount is a hypernym of peanuts; that is, amount is a word with a broader meaning than peanuts:

Other hypernyms of peanuts include amount of money, sum, sum of money.

peanuts (noun)	amount (noun)
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
	the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
	a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
	a quantity of money

peanuts (verb)	amount (verb)
	to measure up to in kind or quality
	add up in number or quantity
	be tantamount or equivalent to