Difference between Brimful and Full

What is the difference between Brimful and Full?

Brimful as an adjective is filled to maximum capacity while Full as an adjective is containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.

Brimful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Filled to maximum capacity

Full

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.Complete; with nothing omitted.Total, entire.satisfied, especially in relation to eating.Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.Having depth and body; rich.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk

Example sentence: Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

We hope you now know whether to use Brimful or Full in your sentence.

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