Read vs Fill - What's the Difference?

Fill

Read

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a quantity sufficient to satisfy
  • any material that fills a space or container
Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Verb
  • appoint someone to (a position or a job)
  • plug with a substance
  • make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • become full
  • eat until one is sated
  • fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
  • occupy the whole of
  • fill to satisfaction
  • assume, as of positions or roles
Definition as Verb
  • interpret something that is written or printed
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • to hear and understand
  • be a student of a certain subject
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • have or contain a certain wording or form
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • make sense of a language

Synonyms

Examples

  • "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
  • "there was not enough fill for the trench"
  • "fill a cavity"
  • "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
  • "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
  • "He filled up on turkey"
  • "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need"
  • "The liquid fills the container"
  • "I am sated"
  • "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
  • "the article was a very good read"
  • "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • "I read you loud and clear!"
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

Related

See also

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Sentences with the word Read?
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