Deal
Deal noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: there is a great deal of waste in government
Shadow
Shadow noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt
How words are described
| old | old deal | old shadow |
| full | full deal | full shadow |
| original | original deal | original shadow |
| single | single deal | single shadow |
| Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, successful, massive, large, great, huge, little, dark, main, classic, double, last, literal, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Bullwinkle also had to deal with fighting his own shadow (and losing) while reading "My Shadow" (from Robert Lewis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verse").
Source: Living Shadow - Deal with the Devil: Makes a deal with Tarakudo to free him in exchange for being restored after Jade Taking the Bullet for Jinx reduces them to a feral shadow creature.
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Shadow Hearts: From The New World takes place shortly before the Crash, but doesn't really deal with it.
Source: The Great Depression
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