Visor vs Brim - What's the difference?
visor | brim |
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 7:
A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
* 1608 , William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre , Act IV, Scene IV, line 44.
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
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
, date=July 3
, author=Piers Newbury
, title=Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final
, work=BBC Sport
To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
* Tennyson:
Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.
As nouns the difference between visor and brim
is that visor is a part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face the openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it 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 a verb 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.visor
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(wikipedia visor) (en noun)- A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
- No visor does become black villainy So well as soft and tender flattery.
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.