Mass
Mass noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: I have a mass of work to do tonight
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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And so far, no one has demonstrated that photons have mass.note Under the Standard Model of particle physics, photons don't have mass, but they do have energy and momentum.
Source: Reactionless Drive -
Ernst Longbore, a Genius Cripple who used to belong to a group of scientists working on a particle accelerator capable of determining the mass of the Higgs boson particle.
Source: Ignored Expert - The particle beam rifles that those same asari use are clearly based on Prothean particle beam rifles, such as the ones you get once you recruit Javik in Mass Effect 3.
Source: Fan Fic / Protoculture Effect
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Particle and Mass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mass/particle
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