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Plentiful vs Brimful - What's the difference?

plentiful | brimful |

As adjectives the difference between plentiful and brimful

is that plentiful is existing in large number or ample amount while brimful is filled to maximum capacity.

As a noun brimful is

the maximum amount a container can hold.

plentiful

English

Alternative forms

* plentifull (archaic)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Existing in large number or ample amount.
    • a plentiful harvest
    a plentiful supply of water
    She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
  • Yielding abundance; fruitful.
    • Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
  • (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
  • * Francis Bacon
    • He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * plenteous * plenty

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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.