Couple vs. Handful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Couple and Handful
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Couple
Two people or things of the same sort considered together
A couple of girls were playing marbles
Handful
The amount that a hand can hold.
Couple
Two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually
In three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged
A honeymoon couple
Handful
A small, undefined number or quantity
Only a handful of people on the street.
Couple
An indefinite small number
Clean the stains with a couple squirts dishwashing liquid
He hoped she'd be better in a couple of days
We got some eggs—would you like a couple?
Just a couple more questions
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Handful
(Informal) One that is difficult to control or handle
The hyperactive toddler is a real handful.
Couple
Link or combine (something) with something else
A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss
Handful
The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
Passage=I put two or three corns in my mouth, liked it, stole a handful, went into my chamber, chewed it, and for two months after never failed taking toll of every pennyworth of oatmeal that came into the house
Couple
Mate or have sexual intercourse
As middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often
Handful
(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
Couple
Two items of the same kind; a pair.
Handful
A small number, usually approximately five.
Couple
Something that joins or connects two things together; a link.
Handful
A group or number of things; a bunch.
Couple
Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
Handful
(informal) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
Those twins are a real handful to look after.
Couple
Two people together.
Handful
(slang) A five-year prison sentence.
Couple
(Informal) A few; several
A couple of days.
Handful
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
Couple
(Physics) A pair of forces of equal magnitude acting in parallel but opposite directions, capable of causing rotation but not translation.
Handful
A hand's breadth; four inches.
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom.
Couple
To link together; connect
Coupled her refusal with an explanation.
Handful
A small quantity or number.
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
Couple
(Electricity) To link (two circuits or currents), as by magnetic induction.
Handful
A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful.
They had their handful to defend themselves from firing.
Couple
(Archaic) To join together in marriage; marry.
Handful
A small number or amount;
Only a handful of responses were received
Couple
To form pairs; join.
Handful
The quantity that can be held in the hand
Couple
To unite sexually; have sexual intercourse.
Couple
To join chemically.
Couple
Two or few
"Every couple years the urge strikes, to ... haul off to a new site" (Garrison Keillor).
Couple
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
A couple of police officers appeared at the door.
Couple
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Couple
(informal) A small number.
Couple
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Couple
(physics) A turning effect created by forces that sum to zero in magnitude but produce a non-zero external torque.
Couple
(architecture) A couple-close.
Couple
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
Couple
Two or (a) small number of.
Couple
Two or a few, a small number of.
A couple fewer people show up every week.
I'll be there in a couple minutes.
Couple
(transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Now the conductor will couple the train cars.
I've coupled our system to theirs.
Couple
To join in wedlock; to marry.
Couple
(intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
Couple
(transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
Couple
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor.
I'll go in couples with her.
Couple
Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.
Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple.
[Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled.
Couple
A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.
Such were our couple, man and wife.
Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league.
Couple
See Couple-close.
Couple
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; - called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Couple
Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.
Couple
To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.
Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach.
Couple
To join in wedlock; to marry.
A parson who couples all our beggars.
Couple
To come together as male and female; to copulate.
Couple
A small indefinite number;
He's coming for a couple of days
Couple
A pair of people who live together;
A married couple from Chicago
Couple
A pair who associate with one another;
The engaged couple
An inseparable twosome
Couple
Two items of the same kind
Couple
Something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
Couple
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
This fact is coupled to the other one
Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Couple
Link together;
Can we couple these proposals?
Couple
Form a pair or pairs;
The two old friends paired off
Couple
Make love;
Birds mate in the Spring
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