fill vs employ
employ vs fillfill and employ both are nouns.
fill and employ both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fill | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| employ | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
employ is a hypernym of
fill; that is, employ is a
word with a broader meaning than fill:
- fill: appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- employ: engage or hire for work
| fill (noun) | employ (noun) |
|---|---|
| a quantity sufficient to satisfy | the state of being employed or having a job |
| any material that fills a space or container |
| fill (verb) | employ (verb) |
|---|---|
| become full | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose |
| make full, also in a metaphorical sense | engage or hire for work |
| 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 |
Words related to "fill"
- accommodate
- allay
- alter
- answer
- appease
- assuage
- assume
- be
- bolster
- brim
- bushel
- cater
- cement
- change
- change state
- charge
- clog
- close
- cloy
- clutter
- clutter up
- complete
- conform to
- consume
- content
- crowd
- deluge
- do work
- doctor
- eat
- electrify
- employ
- empty
- engage
- enough
- farce
- feed on
- feed upon
- fill
- fill again
- fill in
- fill out
- fill the bill
- fill up
- filler
- filling
- fit
- fit the bill
- fix
- flood
- fulfil
- fulfill
- furbish up
- have
- heap
- hire
- impregnate
- infuse
- ingest
- ink
- instill
- inundate
- lade
- laden
- line
- live up to
- load
- load up
- lube
- lubricate
- make full
- material
- meet
- mend
- modify
- occupy
- overfill
- overload
- pack
- pad
- pall
- ply
- populate
- prime
- provide
- quell
- quench
- rack up
- refill
- repair
- replenish
- replete
- restore
- sate
- satiate
- satisfy
- saturate
- slake
- stay
- strike
- stuff
- sufficiency
- suit
- supply
- surcharge
- swamp
- take
- take in
- take up
- tincture
- top off
- touch on
- turn
- water
- work
Words related to "employ"
- address
- apply
- assign
- avail
- cannibalise
- cannibalize
- commit
- consecrate
- contract
- dedicate
- devote
- employee
- employer
- employment
- engage
- enjoy
- exercise
- exert
- exploit
- extend
- fall back
- farm out
- featherbed
- fill
- give
- go for
- hire
- hold
- implement
- job
- misapply
- misuse
- overdrive
- overuse
- play
- ply
- practice
- pull out all the stops
- put
- put to work
- rat
- recur
- recycle
- reprocess
- resort
- reuse
- share
- ship
- sign
- sign on
- sign up
- state
- strain
- subcontract
- take
- tap
- use
- utilise
- utilize
- waste
- work
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