small indefinite amount vs crumb

crumb vs small indefinite amount

small indefinite amount and crumb both are nouns.

small indefinite amount is not a verb while crumb is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
small indefinite amount	Yes	No	No	No
crumb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crumb is a hyponym of small indefinite amount; that is, crumb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than small indefinite amount:

small indefinite amount: an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
crumb: a very small quantity of something

Other hyponyms of small indefinite amount include helping, portion, serving, mouthful, taste, dab, splash, splatter, bit, spot, hair's-breadth, hair, hairsbreadth, whisker, modicum, scattering, sprinkling, shoe string, shoestring, spray, spraying, nose, step, stone's throw, little, schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik, shade, tad, lower limit, minimum, morsel, handful, smattering, couple, drib, driblet, drop, dollop, dreg, diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat, nip, shot, hint, suggestion, tint, trace, iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit, tot, hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch.

small indefinite amount (noun)	crumb (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude	small piece of e.g. bread or cake
	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
	a very small quantity of something

small indefinite amount (verb)	crumb (verb)
	remove crumbs from
	break into crumbs
	coat with bread crumbs

Difference between small indefinite amount and crumb

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