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Linking vs Filling - What's the difference?

linking | filling |

As verbs the difference between linking and filling

is that linking is present participle of link while filling is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between linking and filling

is that linking is serving to connect other things together while filling is of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

As nouns the difference between linking and filling

is that linking is linkage while filling is anything that is used to fill something.

linking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Present participle of link.
  • :The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to connect other things together.
  • :Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • linkage
  • * 1986 , Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)
    • I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

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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