What's the difference between full and mull?

Full


Definition:

  • (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people.
  • (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.
  • (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
  • (Compar.) Sated; surfeited.
  • (Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  • (Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project.
  • (Compar.) Filled with emotions.
  • (Compar.) Impregnated; made pregnant.
  • (n.) Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
  • (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
  • (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
  • (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
  • (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (3) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
  • (4) A full-length cDNA encoding porcine heart aconitase was derived from lambda gt10 recombinant clones and by amplification of the 5' end of the mRNA.
  • (5) It is suggested that the results indicate the need for full haematological screening of all patients with recurrent aphthae.
  • (6) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
  • (7) The data for the eubacterial ribosomes are in full agreement with the model of the 50S protein topography derived from immunological data.
  • (8) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
  • (9) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
  • (10) Full consideration should be given to the dynamics of motion when assessing risk factors in working tasks.
  • (11) The patient presented in coma but regained full consciousness over the next six hours with supportive therapy.
  • (12) Full activity could be restored by addition of nanogram amounts of endotoxin or of FCS before assay.
  • (13) It was not possible to offer all very low birthweight infants full intensive care; to make this possible, it was calculated that resources would have to increase by 26%.
  • (14) Knapman concluded that the 40-year-old designer, whose full name was Lee Alexander McQueen, "killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed".
  • (15) In a newspaper interview last month, Shapps said the BBC needed to tackle what he said was a culture of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting if it hoped to retain the full £3.6bn raised by the licence fee after the current Royal Charter expires in 2016.
  • (16) In granulosa cells containing full aromatase activity, treatment with cortisol and dexamethasone did not inhibit aromatization of androstenedione to estrogens whereas two known aromatase inhibitors (dihydrotestosterone and 4-androstene-3, 6, 17-trione) were effective.
  • (17) To evaluate the first full year of operation of the rural registrar scheme by comparing the educational activities undertaken by the participating rural general practitioners with those undertaken in the previous year.
  • (18) When the transcriptional activity of these proteins was examined it was found that carboxyl-truncated Myb is more effective as a transcriptional activator than full-length or amino-truncated Myb.
  • (19) The peptides, which were synthesized using a FMOC solid phase procedure and purified by HPLC, consisted of residues 6-25 from the putative aqueous domain, residues 22-35, which overlaps the putative aqueous and transmembrane domains, and residues 1-38 and 1-40 representing nearly the full length of beta-AP.
  • (20) Here's Dominic's full story: US unemployment rate drops to lowest level in six years as 288,000 jobs added Michael McKee (@mckonomy) BNP economists say jobless rate would have been 6.8% if not for drop in participation rate May 2, 2014 2.20pm BST ING's Rob Carnell is also struck by the "extraordinary weakness" of US wage growth .

Mull


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin, soft kind of muslin.
  • (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.
  • (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
  • (n.) Dirt; rubbish.
  • (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize.
  • (v. i.) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.
  • (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
  • (v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
  • (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The quantum leap in integration being mulled will not save Greece, rescue Spain's banks, sort out Italy, or fix the euro crisis in the short term.
  • (2) If we managed to import a German royal family, why is it not possible for us to also import the German housing system – slowly, bit by bit, along with their Christmas trees and mulled wine?
  • (3) Najam Sethi, editor of the weekly Friday Times, said: "The powers that be, that is the military and bureaucratic establishment, are mulling the formation of a national government, with or without the PPP [the ruling Pakistan People's party].
  • (4) Waizenhoffer and Mulling (1978) compared arterial and venous blood gases, but only drew a limited number of arterial samples at 12 and 24 hours.
  • (5) Many parents think hard about what kind of books to buy for their children; mull over the suitability of various TV shows and films; and compare the educational and entertainment value of different toys.
  • (6) Mercury vapor levels associated with grinding amalgam models and mulling amalgams in the palm of the hand following trituration have been measured in a dental laboratory in inhalation position.
  • (7) "The same is true every time we start mulling the prospect of attacking and bombing another country as though it's some abstract decision in a video game."
  • (8) While the Bank's monetary policy committee was forced to sit on its hands, counterparts on the European Central Bank were mulling whether to slash rates from 1.25%.
  • (9) I have tried them but don’t know what to do with them.” What matters is creating an environment that convinces, that allows the chemistry to be right: “Creating a world that feels as if they have been together for decades, choosing books for their shelves, deciding which mugs they are going to have, what their daily routine is.” In lieu of rehearsals, he spent three days in Paris with Rampling, mulling over her character.
  • (10) After leaving university, Gibbard mulled over the problem for a while and decided to try to solve it using a 3D printer, technology which by then becoming more affordable.
  • (11) Óscar García has offered his resignation following Brighton & Hove Albion's defeat in their play-off semi-final against Derby County , with the Spaniard likely to leave this week, despite being given time to mull over his decision.
  • (12) Police sources say the Cheshire chief constable, Simon Byrne, who has senior-level experience in the Met, is also mulling a bid.
  • (13) McCluskey is thought to be mulling over whether to stand again as general secretary in internal elections in 2018.
  • (14) "Obviously there was some difficult stuff for her to mull over in terms of the abuse, but she felt that I'd balanced it – which was my main concern – with the kind of pathos he had about him.
  • (15) The winning recipe: Mulled apple juice with camomile Photograph: afdhsofisa for the Guardian Mulled apple juice is basically all the spices of mulled wine added to apple juice instead.
  • (16) The Guardian understands that May’s team was still mulling over the issue as recently as Thursday evening, when senior figures said no decision had been taken.
  • (17) Looking back now I would have started out with far less optimism had I known how many hours I would spend in airless rooms, how many animated discussions, how many sleepless nights mulling over the pros and cons of settling the case.
  • (18) The move to create a new regulator has become becalmed as both press and government mull over the unsatisfactory and botched detail of the royal charter which is intended to enshrine its governance and independence.
  • (19) Mexicans mull response to Trump's wall: let migrants through – or boycott McDonald's?
  • (20) Whatever the outcome in 2015, the disaffected, idealistic young graduates currently mulling a Green vote will be restlessly looking for change, and will continue to pose questions for Labour well after 7 May 2015 Robert Ford is senior lecturer in politics at the University of Manchester