Circumference vs Brim - What's the difference?
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(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
(geometry) The length of such a line
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
(obsolete) To include in a circular space; to bound.
An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
* Bible, Josh. iii. 15
The topmost rim or lip of a container.
* Coleridge:
A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
To be full to overflowing.
* 2006
* {{quote-news, year=2011
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To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
* Tennyson:
Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.
Circumference is a related term of brim.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between circumference and brim
is that circumference is (obsolete) the surface of a round or spherical object while brim is (obsolete) fierce; sharp; cold.As nouns the difference between circumference and brim
is that circumference is (geometry) the line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure while brim is (obsolete) the sea; ocean; water; flood or brim can be an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).As verbs the difference between circumference and brim
is that circumference is (obsolete|transitive) to include in a circular space; to bound while brim is to be full to overflowing or brim can be of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.As an adjective brim is
(obsolete) fierce; sharp; cold.circumference
English
(wikipedia circumference)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (distance measured around any object ): girth * (distance measured around a race track ): lapVerb
(circumferenc)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
brim
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) brim, brym, .Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) brim, brem, .Noun
(en noun)- The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
- The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
- Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim / I would remove it with an anxious pity.
- He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
- (Wordsworth)
Derived terms
* to the brimVerb
(brimm)- The room brimmed with people.
New York Times
- It was a hint of life in a place that still brims with memories of death, a reminder that even five years later, the attacks are not so very distant.
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- Arrange the board and brim the glass.