cement vs fill

cement and fill both are nouns.

cement and fill both are verbs.

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

As nouns, fill is a hypernym of cement; that is, fill is a word with a broader meaning than cement:

cement: any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
fill: any material that fills a space or container

Other hypernyms of cement include filling.

cement (noun)	fill (noun)
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth	a quantity sufficient to satisfy
a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar	any material that fills a space or container
something that hardens to act as adhesive material
concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

cement (verb)	fill (verb)
bind or join with or as if with cement	become full
make fast as if with cement	make full, also in a metaphorical sense
cover or coat with cement	plug with a substance
	fill to satisfaction
	eat until one is sated
	fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
	assume, as of positions or roles
	appoint someone to (a position or a job)
	occupy the whole of

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