small indefinite amount vs smattering

smattering vs small indefinite amount

small indefinite amount and smattering both are nouns.

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

As nouns, smattering is a hyponym of small indefinite amount; that is, smattering 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
smattering: 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, handful, 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)	smattering (noun)
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude	a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
	a small number or amount

Difference between small indefinite amount and smattering

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