Great number
Many and great number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Many" instead a noun phrase "Great number".
Many
Many adjective - Being of a large but indefinite number.
Great number and many are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Great number" instead a noun "Many".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Many wrestlers have acquired a great number of nicknames, some let them go in favour of new ones, others keep all of them, no matter how inappropriate they become.
Source: I Have Many Names -
Nice Guy: Surprisingly many, despite the great number of cutthroat and backstabbing characters: Gonzalo Chacón, Andrés Cabrera, his wife Beatriz, etc.
Source: Series / Isabel - The loch therefore cannot support a great number of fish that feed on those plants, and thus not many larger fish to feed on the plant-eaters.
Source: More Predators Than Prey
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