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employ vs fill

fill vs employ

employ and fill both are nouns.

employ and fill both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
employ Yes No Yes No
fill Yes No Yes No
As verbs, fill is a hyponym of employ; that is, fill is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than employ:
  • employ: engage or hire for work
  • fill: appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Other hyponyms of employ include featherbed, engage, ship, contract, sign, sign on, sign up, rat, farm out, job, subcontract.
employ (noun) fill (noun)
the state of being employed or having a job a quantity sufficient to satisfy
any material that fills a space or container
employ (verb) fill (verb)
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose become full
engage or hire for work make full, also in a metaphorical sense
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
Difference between employ and fill

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