Fill and Spill

Fill

Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.

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Spill and fill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spill" instead a verb "Fill".

Nearby Words: filled, filling, filler

Spill verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Fill and spill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fill" instead a verb "Spill".

A Hell Spider's head and thorax alone fill the entire grid, its legs spill off the sides, and the abdomen reaches off the end of the screen.

Source: Giant Spider aka: Giant Spiders
In the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast, during the "Gaston" scene (read: tavern scene), Gaston fires three shots into a keg, causing beer to spill out and fill his mates' glasses, in under a second.

Source: Bottomless Magazines
Part of the point of the game "Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts" on The Late Late Show with James Corden is that one of the players has to eat the disgusting delicacy placed in front of them if they either can't answer the question or don't want to answer the question they're being asked.

Source: The Un-Reveal

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