Difference between Few and Handful

FEW vs HANDFUL: NOUN

Adv. phr. Somewhat; to some slight extent: often used ironically for a good deal.
See II., 3.
A small quantity or portion; a little: followed by a noun (without of) in a construction similar to def. 2 and to that of little, n.
A small number; a minority: in this sense preceded by the article a (originally in the plural) or the, with or without a noun following, the noun, if used, expressing the whole of which the few are taken, and being in the partitive genitive, with or without the preposition of: as, a few, or a few members, or a few of the members, dissented.
Not many; only a small number (of persons or things): in this use properly an adjective, used elliptically as a plural noun, and not preceded by the article.
An exclusive or limited number.
An indefinitely small number of persons or things.
An indefinite but relatively small number
A small elite group

Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.
To have one's hands full; to have all one can do.
A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage.
A small quantity or number.
A hand's breadth; four inches.
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
A small quantity or number; a little.
A unit of length equal to four inches; a hand.
As much as the hand can grasp or contain.
One that is difficult to control or handle.
A small, undefined number or quantity.
The amount that a hand can hold.
A small number or amount
The quantity that can be held in the hand
As much as one can hold or manage; full employment.

A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
Amounting to or consisting of a small number.
Being more than one but indefinitely small in number.
The minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
Not few; more than a few; many.
In a few words; briefly.
A small number.
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

Not many; a small number; only a small number.
A small but indefinite number
(determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
(determiner) (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.
(determiner) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
(determiner) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

Little, Number, Various, Recent, Past, Numerous, Five, Many, Some, Handful, Several, Couple, Hardly a, A few, A couple of

Clutch, Minority, Group, Rare, Trickle, Raft, Pair, Multitude, Number, Couple, Bunch, Dozen, Few, Fistful, Smattering

Little, Number, Various, Recent, Past, Numerous, Five, Many, Some, Handful, Several, Couple, Hardly a, A few, A couple of

Hand, Series, Clutch, Minority, Group, Rare, Trickle, Multitude, Number, Couple, Bunch, Dozen, Few, Fistful, Smattering

Do you plan to stay for a few months at a time, for a few years or for the rest of your life?
This works for whatever amount of text is selected: a few words, a few paragraphs, or several pages of text.
There can be various reasons to leave from work a few hours early or arrive at office a few hours late in the morning.
You can usually earn a few hundred dollars doing a home inspection over a few hours.
Since that time, I have had continual monthly groups, with people staying anywhere from a few months to a few years.
Very few will ever enjoy this experience, make sure you are one of these very select few.
The period of sleep may be a few seconds with awakening or a few minutes.
This training can last for a few days to a few months.
However, for most FPs it is a few seconds to a few minutes.
You can leave your luggage for a few hours to a few days.

Remind DLC release in a handful of hours.
Learning a handful of git tricks is helpful.
We only saw a handful of rising fish.
Japanese business culture in a handful of weeks.
Disco, a handful of producers and her family.
To my dismay have only sold a handful.
Or three days and a handful of hours.
But the vast majority of this growth occurred in just a handful of countries planting just a handful of crop varieties.
Under other circumstances he would have taken them out handful by careful handful, but there was no time for such niceties now.
Just one handful or even a partial handful contains millions of grains of sand.