Is "a few" and "a couple" about the same?

[lpbk2713]

How many is "several"?

How many is "a bunch"?

How many is "a lot"?

[tk2kewl]

1. a few is a bit more than a couple

several is a couple more than a few

a bunch is a few more than several

a lot is several more than a bunch

[Book Lover]

2. A couple = 2

Few = 3
Several = 4 or 6-7
Bunch = 5 ("These bunches of five" means your two hands)
Lot (or a Score) = 10

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. A score is 20...

not 10.

Maybe you mean a gross (12).

[progmom]

6. a gross is 144

(12 dozen)

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Whoops.

I knew that. Damned brainfart. I was thinking "great gross" (1728)= "gross" (144), and gross=12, for some reason.

[Book Lover]

8. Yes, I mismeasured a score

Thanks. But isn't a gross 144 (12 x 12)?

[patrice]

3. A few is at least one more than a couple.

Several begins at about 5.

A bunch is 10 or more.

A lot depends upon its context.

e.g. 20 is not a lot of grapes, but it is if all of them are in your mouth.

[leftofthedial]

4. not during sex

at least in my experience

couple = 2 (when used as a noun)
few = 3 or 4
several = 4 to 6
bunch = 5 to 25, unless it's a bunch of grapes, then it's, well, a bunch
lot = many, not easily countable

[Misunderestimator]

9. A couple is 2, the rest are subjective, but more than 2.

[Ariana Celeste]

10. This is how I always considered it:

couple = 2 of course

few = 3-5

several = 6-10

a bunch = 11-20

a lot = 21-whatever

[rock]

11. A couple is two

Although I have heard it used very loosely to mean more. The other terms you mention really don't have a technically precise meaning. As Judge Wapner would say if you used them, "I don't know what you mean."

[cestpaspossible]

12. couple: 2; few: 3-5; several: 3-6; a bunch: 5-11; a lot: beaucoup nt