Chunk and Portion

Chunk

Chunk noun - A small uneven mass.
Usage example: a little chunk of dirt

Portion is a synonym for chunk in piece topic. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Chunk", when it comes to topics like mass.

Nearby Words: chunky, chunked, chunking

Portion

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

Chunk is a synonym for portion in part topic. You can use "Chunk" instead a noun "Portion", if it concerns topics such as share, piece.

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

How words are described

good good chunk good portion
solid solid chunk solid portion
considerable considerable chunk considerable portion
substantial substantial chunk substantial portion
Other adjectives: fair, small, entire, massive, large, big, great, huge, tiny, main, decent, major, missing, final, hefty, significant, larger, remaining, last, sizable, sizeable, goodly, largest.

Both words in one sentence

  • A fair chunk of the early portion of Their Story focused on Sun Jing's efforts to befriend the girl she has a crush on, Qiu Tong.
  • Here she attacks Illyana for stealing a portion of her soul and after losing, Illyana takes YET ANOTHER chunk of Pixie's soul and sends the X-Men back home.
  • The best way to find buried items is to dig a long corridor in seemingly unused portion of the map (if you walk in the naturally generated corridors, you might sometimes see that map left a big chunk without any rooms or corridors).
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