Amount and Substance

Amount

Amount noun - A given or particular mass or aggregate of matter.

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Substance and amount are semantically related in meaning topic. In some cases you can use "Substance" instead a noun "Amount", when it comes to topics like whole effect.

Nearby Words: amounting, amounted

Substance

Substance noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Amount and substance are semantically related in essence topic. Sometimes you can use "Amount" instead a noun "Substance", if it concerns topics such as meaning.

Nearby Words: substantial, substantiate, substantially, substantiality, substantiation

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similar	similar amount	similar substance
specific	specific amount	specific substance
certain	certain amount	certain substance
actual	actual amount	actual substance
Other adjectives: little, necessary, unusual, unknown, different.

Both words in one sentence

In the animal world, venom is a biologically expensive substance, taking a long time and a not insignificant amount of energy to produce.

Source: Don't Make Me Destroy You
One of the most prominent is the title "Fire Spike", which uses meanings for both the noun (a surge in power) and verb (to add a small amount of one substance to another) forms of "spike".

Source: Webcomic / Gunnerkrigg Court
The doctor puts a very-very-small amount of a mysterious substance on his finger and tastes it very cautiously.

Source: Fingertip Drug Analysis

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