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Filler vs Fuller - What's the difference?

filler | fuller |

As nouns the difference between filler and fuller

is that filler is one who fills while fuller is a person who fulls cloth.

As an adjective fuller is

comparative of full.

As a verb fuller is

to form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.

As a proper noun Fuller is

{{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a person who fulls cloth.

filler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who fills.
  • * Mortimer
    • They have six diggers to four fillers , so as to keep the fillers always at work.
  • Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
  • * 1977 , Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
    • 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
  • 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
    • 'Tis mere filler , to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.
  • 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.

    • Anagrams

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    fuller

    English

    Etymology 1

    From full.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (full)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fullo .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who fulls cloth.
    • Derived terms
    * fuller's earth * fuller's herb * fuller's thistle * fuller's weed

    Etymology 3

    origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
  • A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
    • to fuller a bayonet