Brimful vs Replete - What's the difference?
brimful | replete |
Filled to maximum capacity.
* Chapman
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
* 2012 , Thaddeus Hatter, Malice in Wonderland: What Every Law Student Should Have for the Trip , The Fine Print Press (ISBN 9781888960914)
(label) A large amount.
* 2002 , Hayley Ann Solomon, A Scandalous Connection , Kensington Publishing Corp. (ISBN 9781420131857)
Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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As adjectives the difference between brimful and replete
is that brimful is filled to maximum capacity while replete is abounding.As nouns the difference between brimful and replete
is that brimful is the maximum amount a container can hold while replete is a honeypot ant.As a verb replete is
to restore something that has been depleted.brimful
English
Adjective
(-)- So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- 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 .
- Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.
replete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .