Chunk
Chunk noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
Particle
Particle noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: there was not a particle of truth in what she said
Nearby Word: particular
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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He became an Ignored Expert after realizing that determining the particle's mass would trigger a massive chain reaction that would implode the planet into a dense chunk of matter the size of a pea (apparently, this is the fate of every civilization that tries to determine the Higgs boson's mass).
Source: Ignored Expert - The plot of Volume 19 of A Certain Magical Index kicks off when terrorists steal the controls to a gigantic Particle Accelerator hidden underneath Academy City and threaten to use it to blow up a huge chunk of the city if their demands are not met.
Source: Magical Particle Accelerator
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Particle and Chunk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/particle
Chunk & Particle. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/particle>.
Particle or Chunk. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/particle.
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