Fill vs. Fell — What's the Difference?

To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level

A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Norway, Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.

To supply or provide to the fullest extent

Cut down (a tree)

To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.

Stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat

To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).

An amount of timber cut.

To repair a cavity of (a tooth).

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England

To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).

An animal's hide or skin with its hair.

To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity

Of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly

To pervade

To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down

To satiate, as with food and drink

To kill

To engage or occupy completely

To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

To satisfy or meet; fulfill

Past tense of fall.

To supply what is specified by or required for

The timber cut down in one season.

To put a person into (a job or position)

A felled seam.

To discharge the duties of; occupy

The hide of an animal; a pelt.

To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.

A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.

To cause (a sail) to swell.

Chiefly British An upland stretch of open country; a moor.

To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.

A barren or stony hill.

To become full

Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce

An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied

Capable of destroying; lethal

Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.

Dire; sinister

A built-up piece of land; an embankment.

(Scots) Sharp and biting.

The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.

(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.

(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.

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

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

To enter (something), making it full.

A cutting-down of timber.

(intransitive) To become full.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

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

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

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

Human skin now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense.

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

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

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

A wild field or upland moor.

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

Anger; gall; melancholy.

To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

An amount that fills a container.

Very large; huge.

The filling of a container or area.

(obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

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

Sharply; fiercely.

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

Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

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

Eager; earnest; intent.

(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.

Gall; anger; melancholy.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A barren or rocky hill.

A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.

A wild field; a moor.

That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

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

To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

To sew or hem; - said of seams.

To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.

The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.

Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.

The act of felling something (as a tree)

To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

Pass away rapidly;

A quantity sufficient to satisfy;

Sew a seam by folding the edges

Any material that fills a space or container;

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

Become full;

Occupy the whole of;

Assume, as of positions or roles;

Fill or meet a want or need

Appoint someone to (a position or a job)

Eat until one is sated;

Fill to satisfaction;

Plug with a substance;