Filling in
Telling and filling in are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead a noun phrase "Filling in".
Telling
Telling noun - Informing by words.
Filling in and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Filling in" instead a noun "Telling".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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When Lisa asks why he's telling her what she already knows, Bart says he's filling in the readers, which confuses Lisa until he further explains he's filling in their new neighbors, whose last name is Reader, on the situation.
Source: As You Know -
Flashback: Over 90% of the game is just Yuuji telling JB about his life or her occasionally filling in the gaps for places he can't report on due to mental condition.
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It also expands on a number of Noodle Incidents, for example telling us what happened on that holiday the Meldrews were setting off on at the end of "Return of the Speckled Band", and filling in the story of the mysterious "Stuart" mentioned in "Timeless Time".
Source: Series / One Foot in the Grave
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