Youthful vs Mouthful - What's the difference?
youthful | mouthful |
The amount that will fit in a mouth.
* He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.
(slang) Quite a bit.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VII
, passage=“Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful .}}
Something difficult to pronounce or say.
* "She sells sea shells" is a bit of a mouthful to say.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter X
, passage=“Yes, you may leave this little matter entirely to me, Mr Wooster.” “I wish you'd call me Bertie.” “Certainly, certainly.” “And might I call you Roderick?” “I shall be delighted.” “Or Roddy? Roderick's rather a mouthful .” “Whichever you prefer.”}}
* 2010 , Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel , page 77
A tirade of abusive language (especially in the term "give someone a mouthful")
As an adjective youthful
is young or seeming young.As a noun mouthful is
the amount that will fit in a mouth.mouthful
English
Noun
(en-noun)- "Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury.
Tony nodded. "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful ."