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Quantity: synonyms worth the distinction
Amount words are almost always metaphors that stopped being noticed: a flood, a handful, a drop. This shelf is a short lesson in how English measures things without numbers.
The whole shelfGrouped by difficulty tier
FoothillsTier 1 · everyday words · 4 words
Words you already use, paired with a synonym you probably also know.
TreelineTier 2 · one step up · 8 words
Familiar words, with a synonym that sits slightly outside daily speech.
RidgelineTier 3 · solid vocabulary · 6 words
The middle of the bank, where the near misses start to bite.
High CampTier 4 · testing · 6 words
Words that turn up in serious reading rather than in conversation.
SummitTier 5 · rare and formal · 4 words
The rare register: literary, legal and technical English.
Quantity is one shelf of many
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