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overfill vs fill up

fill up vs overfill

overfill and fill up both are verbs.

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

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