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Lots vs Heaps - What's the difference?

lots | heaps |

In colloquial terms the difference between lots and heaps

is that lots is a great deal; greatly; very much; tons; loads; a lot while heaps is very much, a lot.

As a verb heaps is

third-person singular of heap.

lots

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
    • The men cast lots .
    They purchased all of the adjacent lots .
  • (colloquial) A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
    • Lots of the ways you can help are really easy.
    Don't worry, my family has lots of money.
    She made lots of new friends.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) A great deal; greatly; very much; tons; loads; a lot.
    • I feel lots better about it now that we've talked.
    I care lots about the humane treatment of animals.
    Last year I ran lots faster than him.

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    heaps

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A large amount.
  • * 2005 , Lesley Brown (translator), 245e:
    • And heaps of objections, all of them involving countless difficulties, are going to face anyone who says either that being is some two things or that it is only one.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (heap)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Very much, a lot
    • I love him heaps .

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