small indefinite amount vs handful

handful vs small indefinite amount

small indefinite amount and handful both are nouns.

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

As nouns, handful is a hyponym of small indefinite amount; that is, handful 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
handful: a small number or amount

Other hyponyms of small indefinite amount include helping, portion, serving, mouthful, taste, crumb, 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, 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)	handful (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude	the quantity that can be held in the hand
	a small number or amount

Difference between small indefinite amount and handful

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