is a specific kind of: indefinite quantity.

is a broader term that covers: helping, portion, serving | mouthful, taste | crumb | dab, splash, splatter | bit, spot | hair, hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker | modicum | scattering, sprinkling | shoe string, shoestring | spray, spraying | nose | step, stone's throw | little | schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik | shade, tad | lower limit, minimum | morsel | handful, smattering | couple | drib, driblet, drop | dollop | dreg | diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat | nip, shot | hint, suggestion, tint, trace | iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit | tot | hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch ... show more.