Fill
Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
Handle
Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Distressed Damsel: Fumino, despite being able to handle herself, tends to fill this role a lot.
Source: Manga / Faster Than a Kiss -
The Igor: Beholden, otherwise ordinary people who see they world exactly as the Genius sees it and thus can handle Wonders without wrecking them, fill this role.
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Or the mind that can't handle the emptiness itself long enough starts to make things up to fill it.
Source: Space Madness
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