Condensed vs. Full — What's the Difference?

To make more dense or compact

Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space

To concentrate (a substance), especially by removing water.

Not lacking or omitting anything; complete

To make more concise; abridge or shorten

(of a person's figure or part of the body) plump or rounded

To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.

Straight; directly

To become more dense or compact.

Very

To undergo condensation.

The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.

Simple past tense and past participle of condense

Make (something) full; fill up

Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.

Gather or pleat (fabric) so as to make a garment full

Representing two or more ideas or emotions by a single symbol; as, a condensed expression of various feelings and ideas.

(of the moon or tide) become full

Shortened by rewriting with fewer words; - used of texts; as, a condensed book. Opposite of unabridged.

Clean, shrink, and felt (cloth) by heat, pressure, and moisture

Reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, condensed milk. Opposite of uncondensed.

Containing all that is normal or possible

Narrower than usual for a particular height; - of printers' type. Opposite of expanded.

Complete in every particular

Amounting to three balls and two strikes. Used of a count.

Having a base runner at first, second, and third base

Of maximum or highest degree

Being at the peak of development or maturity

Of or relating to a full moon.

Having a great deal or many

Totally qualified, accepted, or empowered

Rounded in shape; plump

Having or made with a generous amount of fabric

Having an appetite completely satisfied, especially for food or drink

Providing an abundance, especially of food.

Having depth and body; rich

Completely absorbed or preoccupied

Possessing both parents in common

Of or relating to a full-size bed

Exactly; directly

To a complete extent; entirely. Sometimes used in combination

To make (a garment) full, as by pleating or gathering.

To become full. Used of the moon.

To increase the density and usually the thickness of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.

The maximum or complete size or amount

The highest degree or state

A full-size bed.

Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

Complete; with nothing omitted.

Total, entire.

Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

Replete, abounding with.

(of physical features) Plump, round.

(of the moon) Having its entire face illuminated.

(of garments) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.

Having depth and body; rich.

(obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.

Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.

Filled with emotions.

(obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.

Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.

Drunk, intoxicated.

(archaic) Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.

(of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.

(freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

(of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.

(transitive) To baptise.

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

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.

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.

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.

Sated; surfeited.

Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.

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.

Filled with emotions.

Impregnated; made pregnant.

Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.

Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.

To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.

To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening;

Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering

Increase in phase;

Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;

Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;

Filled to satisfaction with food or drink;

(of sound) having marked depth and body;

Having the normally expected amount;

Being at a peak or culminating point;

Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit;

Having ample fabric;

To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form);