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Filling vs Filing - What's the difference?

filling | filing |

As nouns the difference between filling and filing

is that filling is anything that is used to fill something while filing is any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

As verbs the difference between filling and filing

is that filling is present participle of lang=en while filing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective filling

is of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

filling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach
    • a filling meal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is used to fill something.
  • The contents of a pie, etc.
  • (dentistry) A piece of amalgam used to fill a cavity in a tooth.
  • The woof in woven fabrics.
  • Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * filing

    filing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
    • The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
  • The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

    • See also

    *

    Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * filling