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Topping vs Filling - What's the difference?

topping | filling |

As verbs the difference between topping and filling

is that topping is while filling is .

As adjectives the difference between topping and filling

is that topping is (uk|informal|dated) wonderful while filling is of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

As nouns the difference between topping and filling

is that topping is any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza while filling is anything that is used to fill something.

topping

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, informal, dated) wonderful
  • * 1953 , Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxley
  • 'Well,' he said, settling back in the seat directly opposite. 'It's a topping day.'
  • (archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.
  • * South
  • The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza
  • The act of cutting off the top of something.
  • (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (food items added on top) garnish

    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