For example, several people could mean eight or nine or even more in a crowd of hundreds, but four or five in a crowd of 10. several vs. few. Due to their malleable, nonspecific nature, several and a few can certainly overlap. Obviously, a few is on the low end, with several higher, so they overlap somewhere in More @Wikipedia
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