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Filling vs Wadding - What's the difference?

filling | wadding |

As nouns the difference between filling and wadding

is that filling is anything that is used to fill something while wadding is wads collectively.

As verbs the difference between filling and wadding

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

As an adjective filling

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

As a proper noun Wadding is

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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

    wadding

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Noun

    (wikipedia wadding)
  • wads collectively
  • soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
  • *:She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)