The difference between Cloy and Stop up

When used as verbs, cloy means to fill up or choke up, whereas stop up means to fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cloy and Stop up

  1. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

  2. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.

  3. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

  1. Stop up as a verb:

    To fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.

  2. Stop up as a verb (photography):

    To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.

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