fill vs stay

fill and stay both are nouns.

fill and stay both are verbs.

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

As verbs, stay is a hyponym of fill; that is, stay is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fill:

fill: fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
stay: overcome or allay

Other hyponyms of fill include answer, appease, quell, content, feed on, feed upon, allay, assuage, quench, slake, fill the bill, fit the bill, fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy, accommodate, fit, suit.

fill (noun)	stay (noun)
a quantity sufficient to satisfy	continuing or remaining in a place or state
any material that fills a space or container	(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
	a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
	a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
	the state of inactivity following an interruption

fill (verb)	stay (verb)
become full	stay the same; remain in a certain state
make full, also in a metaphorical sense	stop or halt
plug with a substance	overcome or allay
fill to satisfaction	fasten with stays
eat until one is sated	be in a certain place and not leave
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction	stop a judicial process
assume, as of positions or roles	dwell
appoint someone to (a position or a job)	continue in a place, position, or situation
occupy the whole of	hang on during a trial of endurance

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