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Frilling vs Filling - What's the difference?

frilling | filling |

As verbs the difference between frilling and filling

is that frilling is while filling is .

As nouns the difference between frilling and filling

is that frilling is a frilled ornamentation on clothing while filling is anything that is used to fill something.

As an adjective filling is

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

frilling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
  • * 1860? , Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
  • So she sat, corpselike, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.

    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