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Headful vs Heedful - What's the difference?

headful | heedful |

As adjectives the difference between headful and heedful

is that headful is that fills the head of a phage while heedful is taking heed.

As a noun headful

is an amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.

headful

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.
  • * 1994 , National Storytelling Association (U.S.), Sheila Dailey, Tales as tools: the power of story in the classroom (page 15)
    • The headful of stories you gather over a lifetime lets you refold the time and space of your history into meaningful, tellable patterns.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (genetics) That fills the head of a phage

    • heedful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * heedfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • taking heed
  • paying close attention; mindful