Tons
Tons noun - A large number or amount.
Volume
Volume noun - A considerable amount.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the early days of Dilbert, the title character regularly built strange-looking inventions with (occasionally) even stranger purposes, such as a trash compactor that can pack two tons of garbage into the volume of an ordinary brick or talking robot dog.
Source: Homemade Inventions -
Later versions make it clearer that "tons" are neither a weight nor mass measurement for ship sizes, but a volume measurement, that of liquid hydrogen.
Source: Zeerust - Happy Happy Clover: While the manga is very lighthearted, the fifth volume contains more serious stories with tons of drama from the main protagonist, such as getting her dreams brutally crushed by Rambler to a forest fire where Clover decides to sacrifice her life to save the forest.
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