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Pail vs Bucketful - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pail and bucketful

is that pail is a vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover) while bucketful is the quantity contained in a bucket.

pail

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover) .
    • The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
  • (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

    • Synonyms

    * bucket

    Anagrams

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    bucketful

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the quantity contained in a bucket
  • (by extension) a large quantity
    • It was raining in bucketfuls .