a little vs neither

a little

adv
  • Slightly. 

  • A lot. 

  • Very. 

  • A lot of. 

  • To a small extent or degree. 

det
  • A small amount of. 

neither

adv
  • Similarly not. 

det
  • Not one of two; not either. 

  • Not either (used with nor). 

pron
  • Not either one of two. 

How often have the words a little and neither occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )