Filling vs. Filing

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  • Filling (adjective)

    Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach

    “a filling meal”

  • Filling (noun)

    Anything that is used to fill something.

  • Filling (noun)

    The contents of a pie, etc.

  • Filling (noun)

    Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.

    “I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.”

    “My temporary filling fell out and got lost.”

  • Filling (noun)

    The woof in woven fabrics.

  • Filling (noun)

    Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

  • Filling (noun)

    A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost “filling” a believer. since late 19th or early 20th c.

    “enduement|second baptism”

  • Filling (verb)

    present participle of fill

  • Filing (noun)

    Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

    “The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.”

  • Filing (noun)

    The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

  • Filing (noun)

    Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

  • Filing (verb)

    present participle of file

Wiktionary
  • Filling (noun)

    a quantity of soft material that fills or is used to fill something

    “duvets with synthetic fillings”

  • Filling (noun)

    a piece of metal or other material used to fill a cavity in a tooth

    “a gold filling”

  • Filling (noun)

    an edible substance placed between the layers of a sandwich, cake, or other foodstuff

    “a Swiss roll with a chocolate filling”

  • Filling (noun)

    another term for weft

  • Filling (adjective)

    (of food) leaving one with a pleasantly satiated feeling

    “the full English breakfast was delicious and also very filling”

  • Filing (noun)

    a small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something

    “iron filings”

Oxford Dictionary

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