a lot vs all kinds of

a lot

adv

  • Very much; a great deal; to a large extent. 

  • Often; frequently. 

pron

  • A large amount. 

  • Many things, much. 

all kinds of

adv

  • Extremely. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, kinds, of. 

How often have the words a lot and all kinds of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )