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Applicator vs Applicatorful - What's the difference?

applicator | applicatorful |

As nouns the difference between applicator and applicatorful

is that applicator is a tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface while applicatorful is the amount that will fill an applicator.

applicator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.

    • Related terms

    () * application * apply

    applicatorful

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The amount that will fill an applicator
  • * 1992 , The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book by and for Women , Boston Women's Health Book Collective [http://books.google.com/books?id=dGxqAAAAMAAJ&q=applicatorful&dq=applicatorful&lr=&ei=HYjISJ6AFpzitAOXsrWpDQ&pgis=1]
    • "When using with a condom, put an applicatorful of spermicide inside the vagina before sexual intercourse"
  • * 2002 , Corpse de Ballet: A Nine Muses Mystery: Terpsichore , Ellen Pall [http://books.google.com/books?id=u68HvRhobb0C&pg=RA2-PA240&dq=applicatorful&lr=&ei=U4fISITrMY3SiwGd5bDzCw&sig=ACfU3U0Y_vhx-UbJWTkFwJJe_0TU48EKiQ]
    • "Another phone call informed her that there was indeed a dance collection of such files, too; an hour later (pausing only long enough to use an applicatorful of the newly delivered Monistat), and the hell with whether you were supposed to star horizontal."
  • * 2002 , Atlas of Emergency Medicine , Kevin J. Knoop [http://books.google.com/books?id=c5dn3yh4V5UC&pg=PA484&dq=applicatorful&ei=joXISIyxI4zgiQHm3NHLCg&sig=ACfU3U1MU9vE3ehgysipAMvGi7M1EceJ1g]
    • "For candidal vaginitis , various regimens of topical antifungal agents are the mainstay of treatment (clotrimazole 1% cream, one applicatorful inserted high into the vaginal vault for 7 nights, clotrimazole, two 100-mg vaginal tablets for 3 nights or one 500-mg vaginal tablet for single-dose treatment)."
  • * 2003 , Varney's midwifery , Helen Varney [http://books.google.com/books?id=3-S2sYZlSdgC&pg=PA257&dq=applicatorful&lr=&ei=dobISOunMafKzAT5vpHgBA&sig=ACfU3U128T-GrQ3ZJ25RLGTrmd8KBYxYmA]
    • "If coitus does not take place within 60 minutes of insertion of the spermicidal preparation, insert another applicatorful before sexual intercourse if contraception is desired."