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Abound vs Filled - What's the difference?

abound | filled |

As verbs the difference between abound and filled

is that abound is to be full to overflowing while filled is (fill).

As an adjective filled is

(label) that is now full.

abound

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To be full to overflowing.
  • (obsolete) To be wealthy.
  • To be highly productive.
  • To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful.
    • Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
  • * Where sin abounded' grace did much more '''abound . ''Romans 5:20 .
  • To revel in.
  • To be copiously supplied;
    • The wilderness abounds in traps.
  • * The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.

    • Usage notes

    * (copiously supplied) Abound is followed by in'' or ''with .

    Derived terms

    * abounder * aboundingly * abound in * abound with

    Related terms

    * abundance * abundant

    References

    filled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) That is now full.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fill).
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.

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