Particle
Particle noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: there was not a particle of truth in what she said
Nearby Word: particular
Quantity
Quantity noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: I wish you quantities of happiness in the New Year
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Sometimes, just "particle" is used, and sometimes, "quantum" is used despite the word by itself being utterly irrelevant to the weapon's operation (its meaning being "small(est) individual quantity").
Source: Photoprotoneutron Torpedo - Or as he puts it:"If her being weren't written on the book of truth, waiting some day to be read again, no quantity of hope could keep me living in this vast cold universe." Love Dodecahedron: Or rather, "Lust Infinigon." Low Culture, High Tech: Particle Physics is an old science.
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Quantity and Particle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/particle/quantity
Particle & Quantity. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/particle/quantity>.
Quantity or Particle. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/particle/quantity.
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