The difference between Empty and Fill

When used as nouns, empty means a container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty, whereas fill means a sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

When used as verbs, empty means to make empty, whereas fill means to occupy fully, to take up all of.


Empty is also adjective with the meaning: devoid of content.

check bellow for the other definitions of Empty and Fill

  1. Empty as an adjective:

    Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

    Examples:

    "an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach"

  2. Empty as an adjective (computing, programming):

    Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

  3. Empty as an adjective (obsolete):

    Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

  4. Empty as an adjective:

    Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

  5. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

    Examples:

    "empty words, or threats"

  6. Empty as an adjective:

    Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

    Examples:

    "empty pleasures"

  7. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

    Examples:

    "empty dreams"

  8. Empty as an adjective (obsolete):

    Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.

    Examples:

    "an empty vine"

  9. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

    Examples:

    "empty brains; an empty coxcomb"

  1. Empty as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

    Examples:

    "to empty a well or a cistern"

    "The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."

  2. Empty as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

    Examples:

    "Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."

  1. Empty as a noun:

    A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

    Examples:

    "Put the empties out to be recycled."

  1. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To occupy fully, to take up all of.

  2. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.

  3. Fill as a verb:

    To enter (something), making it full.

  4. Fill as a verb (intransitive):

    To become full.

    Examples:

    "the bucket filled with rain; the sails fill with wind"

  5. Fill as a verb (intransitive):

    To become pervaded with something.

    Examples:

    "My heart filled with joy."

  6. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).

    Examples:

    "The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin."

    "We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community."

  7. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled."

  8. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

  9. Fill as a verb (transitive):

    To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

  10. Fill as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

  11. Fill as a verb (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a [[male]]):

    To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

    Examples:

    "Did you fill that girl last night?"

  1. Fill as a noun (after a possessive):

    A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

    Examples:

    "Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill."

  2. Fill as a noun:

    An amount that fills a container.

    Examples:

    "The mixer returned to the plant for another fill."

  3. Fill as a noun:

    The filling of a container or area.

    Examples:

    "That machine can do 20 fills a minute."

    "This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills."

  4. Fill as a noun:

    Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

    Examples:

    "The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction."

  5. Fill as a noun (archaeology):

    Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

  6. Fill as a noun:

    An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

  7. Fill as a noun (music):

    A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

    Examples:

    "bass fill"

  1. Fill as a noun:

    One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Mortimer"