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Bookcase vs Bookful - What's the difference?

bookcase | bookful |

As nouns the difference between bookcase and bookful

is that bookcase is a piece of furniture designed for the storage/display of books while bookful is as much as a book holds.

As an adjective bookful is

full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.

bookcase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of furniture designed for the storage/display of books.

    • See also

    * bookshelf

    Anagrams

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    bookful

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
  • * 1711 , Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticsm , XXXV:
    • The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • As much as a book holds.