Qual a diferença entre "bunch" e "handful"?
- Junior Lucas
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Olá galera, queria saber a diferença entre as duas palavras acima, quando indicam um quantidade de pessoas, grupos e coisas. (Um monte, um punhado)
Por exemplo,
The game was dominated by a handful of players.
The game was dominated by a bunch of players.
Há alguma diferença no emprego dessas palavras?
Thnks you all in advance!
Por exemplo,
The game was dominated by a handful of players.
The game was dominated by a bunch of players.
Há alguma diferença no emprego dessas palavras?
Thnks you all in advance!
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- jlcashill
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Yes, Rakell.
A handful is always going to be a relatively small number of things, regardless of what you are talking about - people, coins, ideas, friends, elephants coming down to the waterhole to drink, etc.
Here's a general ranking from less to more:
1) one (a) (a friend came over - ONE)
2) a couple (of) (a couple of friends came over - ONLY TWO)
3) a few (a few friends came over - MAYBE 3-5)
4) a handful (of) (a handful of friends came over - MAYBE 3-7)
5) a bunch (of) (a bunch of friends came over - MAYBE 5-15)
6) a whole bunch (of) (a whole bunch of friends came over - MAYBE 10-20)
7) a lot (of) / lots of (a lot of friends came over - MAYBE 20-30)
8) a whole lot (of) (a whole lot of friends came over - MAYBE UP TO 50)
9) a ton (of) (a ton of friends came over - MORE FRIENDS THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE!)
A handful is always going to be a relatively small number of things, regardless of what you are talking about - people, coins, ideas, friends, elephants coming down to the waterhole to drink, etc.
Here's a general ranking from less to more:
1) one (a) (a friend came over - ONE)
2) a couple (of) (a couple of friends came over - ONLY TWO)
3) a few (a few friends came over - MAYBE 3-5)
4) a handful (of) (a handful of friends came over - MAYBE 3-7)
5) a bunch (of) (a bunch of friends came over - MAYBE 5-15)
6) a whole bunch (of) (a whole bunch of friends came over - MAYBE 10-20)
7) a lot (of) / lots of (a lot of friends came over - MAYBE 20-30)
8) a whole lot (of) (a whole lot of friends came over - MAYBE UP TO 50)
9) a ton (of) (a ton of friends came over - MORE FRIENDS THAN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE!)
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- jlcashill
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Oooh, good question!
You're talking about quantity, so we have to identify "how many" each expression represents.
Let's see, and please comment on my comments if you have any comments.
A bunch generally means a lot. Not a whole lot, but not a few either. If the game is touch football, for example, to say there was a bunch of kids playing might mean between 10 and 20 kids.
If there was a bunch of players dominating a game, you might think of the same number (10 - 20) taken out of a larger number.
A handful is about the number of objects or items you can fit into a closed fist. What do people usually have in their hands and hold onto with a closed fist? Maybe coins, some paper clips, a group of pencils, some popcorn. With that in mind, you might be thinking of a number anywhere between 3 and 7. Any more than that and you're getting into "a bunch" territory!
In the example given, a game being dominated by a handful of players might mean just 4 guys or gals out of a relatively higher number.
Hope you enjoy!
Josh
You're talking about quantity, so we have to identify "how many" each expression represents.
Let's see, and please comment on my comments if you have any comments.
A bunch generally means a lot. Not a whole lot, but not a few either. If the game is touch football, for example, to say there was a bunch of kids playing might mean between 10 and 20 kids.
If there was a bunch of players dominating a game, you might think of the same number (10 - 20) taken out of a larger number.
A handful is about the number of objects or items you can fit into a closed fist. What do people usually have in their hands and hold onto with a closed fist? Maybe coins, some paper clips, a group of pencils, some popcorn. With that in mind, you might be thinking of a number anywhere between 3 and 7. Any more than that and you're getting into "a bunch" territory!
In the example given, a game being dominated by a handful of players might mean just 4 guys or gals out of a relatively higher number.
Hope you enjoy!
Josh
- Junior Lucas
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By what I understood - bunch means "um monte" of people something between 10 - 20 people.
A bunch, on the other "hand", means a quantity of something measured by what a hand can hold in - It would be "um punhado" of people something between 3 - 7 people according to what you said
Is that right, isn't?? Thank you very much for your answer helped a lot!
A bunch, on the other "hand", means a quantity of something measured by what a hand can hold in - It would be "um punhado" of people something between 3 - 7 people according to what you said
Is that right, isn't?? Thank you very much for your answer helped a lot!
- Rakell Grubert Pere
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Júnior, I think "a hanful of" means very little, things that you can count easily.
Our "pouquíssimos","um número bem pequeno de"
Am I right, Joshua?
Our "pouquíssimos","um número bem pequeno de"
Am I right, Joshua?
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