Apply and Fulfill

Apply

Apply verb - To carry out effectively.
Usage example: a police officer applying the law

Fulfill and apply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fulfill" instead a verb "Apply".

Fulfill

Fulfill verb - To do what is required by the terms of.

Apply and fulfill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Fulfill".

Both words in one sentence

  • Salt and Pepper Although this show is set in the far future where contemporary notions of race may not apply, the extremely uptight Rimmer (played by white British actor Chris Barrie) and the laid-back, slobby Lister (played by half-West-Indian half-Irish Brit Craig Charles) fulfill this trope.
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