Amount
Amount noun - A given or particular mass or aggregate of matter.
Usage example: is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?
Portion is a synonym for amount in proportion topic. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead the word "Amount" as a noun or a pronoun, when it comes to topics like any.
Nearby Words: amounting, amounted
Portion
Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.
Amount is a synonym for portion in share topic. Sometimes you can use "Amount" instead the word "Portion" as a noun or a pronoun, if it concerns topics such as helping, any.
Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good amount | good portion |
| high | high amount | high portion |
| equal | equal amount | equal portion |
| long | long amount | long portion |
| Other adjectives: specific, short, certain, generous, considerable, substantial, fair, small, healthy, massive, large, great, huge, tiny, decent, hefty, limited, significant, vast, greater, larger, unknown, sizable, sizeable, largest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- However, the Fire Nation still effectively controls a major portion of the world, and should have a massive amount of reinforcements.
Source: Decapitated Army - Monty Python's Flying Circus used a large amount of archival footage, a good portion of it for laughs.
Source: Stock Footage - Because second-hand is usually cheaper (albeit by a small amount) they make a large portion of the market.
Source: Broken Base / Video Games
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