fill up vs plug

plug vs fill up

fill up is not a noun while plug is a noun.

fill up and plug both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fill up	No	No	Yes	No
plug	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

fill up: fill or stop up
plug: fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

Other hyponyms of fill up include seal, secure, stop up, coapt, conglutinate.

fill up (noun)	plug (noun)
	an old or over-worked horse
	blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
	an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
	electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
	an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
	blatant or sensational promotion
	a wad of something chewable as tobacco

fill up (verb)	plug (verb)
make full, also in a metaphorical sense	persist in working hard
become full	insert as a plug
eat until one is sated	insert a plug into
fill or stop up	replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
	make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
	deliver a quick blow to
	fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

Difference between fill up and plug

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