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populate vs fill up

fill up vs populate

populate and fill up both are verbs.

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

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