answer vs fill

answer and fill both are nouns.

answer and fill both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
answer	Yes	No	Yes	No
fill	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fill is a hypernym of answer; that is, fill is a word with a broader meaning than answer:

answer: be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
fill: fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction

Other hypernyms of answer include conform to, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy.

answer (noun)	fill (noun)
a nonverbal reaction	a quantity sufficient to satisfy
the speech act of replying to a question	any material that fills a space or container
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

answer (verb)	fill (verb)
give the correct answer or solution to	become full
respond to a signal	make full, also in a metaphorical sense
understand the meaning of	plug with a substance
react to a stimulus or command	fill to satisfaction
react verbally	eat until one is sated
give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)	fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of	assume, as of positions or roles
match or correspond	appoint someone to (a position or a job)
be liable or accountable	occupy the whole of
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

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