small indefinite amount vs mite

mite vs small indefinite amount

small indefinite amount and mite both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mite is a hyponym of small indefinite amount; that is, mite 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
mite: a slight but appreciable 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, hint, suggestion, tint, trace, iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit, tot, hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch.

small indefinite amount (noun)	mite (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude	any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
	a slight but appreciable amount

Difference between small indefinite amount and mite

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