Fulfill vs Filler - What's the difference?
fulfill | filler |
(archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
One who fills.
* Mortimer
Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
* 1977 , Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
* Dryden
Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
(computing) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context.
(horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
As a verb fulfill
is to fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.As a noun filler is
one who fills.fulfill
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Alternative forms
* (UK)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* fulfilled * fulfilling * fulfillable * fulfillmentfiller
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Noun
(en noun)- They have six diggers to four fillers , so as to keep the fillers always at work.
- I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler , dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent
- 'Tis mere filler , to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.