Chunk
Chunk noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
Trace
Trace noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: doctors detected only a trace of bacteria in the blood sample but put the patient on antibiotics just in case
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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This gets slightly surreal when the main character slices a chunk off one of his opponents, which then slide off (again in slow motion) without a trace of the red stuff.
Source: Bloodless Carnage - A significant chunk of humans are born with chakra because their lineages trace back to Kaguya Otsutsuki, an alien who imbued herself with the 10 tail tree's power which became an inheritable trait.
Source: Touched by Vorlons - Cue Reni swatting one of them (and a chunk of the wall he was standing on) to the ground with her claws.note This was on top of being put on their heels after being confronted by Trace, who's name as Grand Templar they invoked at the start of the attack
Source: Underestimating Badassery
Cite this Source
Trace and Chunk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/trace
Chunk & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/trace>.
Trace or Chunk. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chunk/trace.
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