Atom
Atom noun - A very small piece.
Usage example: give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
Chunk
Chunk noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Its only weakness is the interstellar medium; at a sizable chunk of the speed of light, every atom of super-rarefied interstellar hydrogen is a dangerous cosmic ray.
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One of the early tourism slogans for Las Vegas was "the up and 'atom' city." The government was sued in 1982 by cancer patients of Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico (all of which have seen a suspicious increase in cancer incidence) for a rather large chunk of cash.
Source: I Love Nuclear Power
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Chunk and Atom. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/atom/chunk
Atom & Chunk. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/atom/chunk>.
Chunk or Atom. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/atom/chunk.
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