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Inundated vs Filled - What's the difference?

inundated | filled |

As verbs the difference between inundated and filled

is that inundated is (inundate) while filled is (fill).

As adjectives the difference between inundated and filled

is that inundated is flooded while filled is (label) that is now full.

inundated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inundate)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • flooded

    • inundate

    English

    Verb

    (inundat)
  • To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
    • The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
  • To overwhelm.
    • The agency was inundated with phone calls.

    Synonyms

    * (to cover with water) deluge, flood, beflood * (to overwhelm) deluge, flood, beflood

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    filled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) That is now full.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fill).
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.

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