Shadow
Shadow noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt
Wad
Wad noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Fetches are composed of a shred of the Changeling's shadow and whatever happens to be lying around; the shadow-shred is described as being, in-universe, a metaphor for a little wad of the Changeling's soul- Fae being what they are, metaphors work just as well as the real thing.
Source: The Soulless
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