Difference between Glass and Glassful

What is the difference between Glass and Glassful?

Glass as a noun is a solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime. while Glassful as a noun is the amount that a glass will hold.

Glass

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Fragile.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To furnish with glass; to glaze. To enclose with glass. To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury. To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material. The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel. Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance. Glassware. A mirror. A magnifying glass or telescope. The backboard. The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: A warning called out to alert teammates that a shot is about to rebound off the backboard.

Example sentence: A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean.

Glassful

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The amount that a glass will hold.

We hope you now know whether to use Glass or Glassful in your sentence.

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