Backfill vs Backfile - What's the difference?
backfill | backfile |
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
* We backfilled the cistern with pea gravel to discourage its use as a refuse container.
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
As nouns the difference between backfill and backfile
is that backfill is the material that has been used to refill an excavation while backfile is a file of documents in paper or fiche format that have no digital equivalent.As a verb backfill
is to refill a hole with the material dug out of it.backfill
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Verb
(en verb)- The company backfilled Joe's position after he was terminated.