small indefinite amount vs hint

hint vs small indefinite amount

small indefinite amount and hint both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, hint is a hyponym of small indefinite amount; that is, hint 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
hint: a just detectable 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, handful, smattering, couple, drib, driblet, drop, dollop, dreg, diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat, nip, shot, suggestion, tint, trace, iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit, tot, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch.

small indefinite amount (noun)	hint (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude	an indirect suggestion
	a slight indication
	an indication of potential opportunity
	a slight but appreciable amount
	a just detectable amount

small indefinite amount (verb)	hint (verb)
	drop a hint; intimate by a hint

Difference between small indefinite amount and hint

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