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Fills vs Fils - What's the difference?

fills | fils |

As nouns the difference between fills and fils

is that fills is plural of lang=en Usually used of multiple people, not of a single person while fils is the son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.

As a verb fills

is third-person singular of fill.

As an adjective fils is

Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.

fills

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fill)

    • Noun

    (head)
  • Usually used of multiple people, not of a single person.
  • :* They've had their fills
  • :* NOT He's had his fills
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    fils

    English

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Usage notes

    * Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

    Antonyms

    * pere

    Noun

  • (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
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