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fill up vs overfill

overfill vs fill up

fill up and overfill both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fill up No No Yes No
overfill No No Yes No
As verbs, overfill is a hyponym of fill up; that is, overfill is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fill up:
  • fill up: make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • overfill: fill beyond capacity
fill up (verb) overfill (verb)
make full, also in a metaphorical sense fill beyond capacity
become full
eat until one is sated
fill or stop up
Difference between fill up and overfill

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