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Brimful vs Brimming - What's the difference?

brimful | brimming |

As an adjective brimful

is filled to maximum capacity.

As a noun brimful

is the maximum amount a container can hold.

As a verb brimming is

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brimful

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Filled to maximum capacity.
  • * Chapman
    • So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The maximum amount a container can hold.
  • * 2001 , P. Koslowski, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions , Springer Science & Business Media (ISBN 9781402001871), page 17
    • If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion.
  • * 2012 , Thaddeus Hatter, Malice in Wonderland: What Every Law Student Should Have for the Trip , The Fine Print Press (ISBN 9781888960914)
    • As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin .
  • (label) A large amount.
  • * 2002 , Hayley Ann Solomon, A Scandalous Connection , Kensington Publishing Corp. (ISBN 9781420131857)
    • Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.

    brimming

    English

    Verb

    (head)