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fill vs provide

provide vs fill

fill is a noun but provide is not a noun.

fill and provide both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fill Yes No Yes No
provide No No Yes No
As verbs, provide is a hypernym of fill; that is, provide is a word with a broader meaning than fill:
  • fill: fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
  • provide: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Other hypernyms of fill include cater, ply, supply.
fill (noun) provide (noun)
a quantity sufficient to satisfy
any material that fills a space or container
fill (verb) provide (verb)
become full take measures in preparation for
make full, also in a metaphorical sense determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
plug with a substance give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
fill to satisfaction give something useful or necessary to
eat until one is sated supply means of subsistence; earn a living
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction mount or put up
assume, as of positions or roles make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
appoint someone to (a position or a job)
occupy the whole of
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