Pack vs. Fill — What's the Difference?

A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.

To satisfy or meet; fulfill

A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.

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

The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

To supply or provide to the fullest extent

A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items

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

A complete set of related items

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

(Informal) A large amount; a heap

To repair a cavity of (a tooth).

A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.

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

A gang of people

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

An organized troop having common interests

To pervade

A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.

To satiate, as with food and drink

Material, such as towels, sheets, or blankets that are used to swathe a patient or body part.

To engage or occupy completely

A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound.

To supply what is specified by or required for

An ice pack used to reduce pain and inflammation.

To put a person into (a job or position)

A cold pack.

To discharge the duties of; occupy

A hot pack.

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

A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

To cause (a sail) to swell.

Variant of pac.

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

To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.

To become full

To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing

An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied

To fill up with items

Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.

To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell

A built-up piece of land; an embankment.

To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together

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

To fill up tight; cram.

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

To wrap (a patient) in a pack.

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

To insert a pack into (a body cavity or wound).

To enter (something), making it full.

To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage

(intransitive) To become full.

To press together; compact firmly

(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.

(Informal) To carry, deliver, or have available for action

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

To send unceremoniously

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

To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig

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

To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.

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

To be susceptible of compact storage

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

To form lumps or masses; become compacted.

To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

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

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

An amount that fills a container.

A multitude.

The filling of a container or area.

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

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

A full set of playing cards

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

The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

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

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

(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.

A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A flock of knots.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

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

A group of Cub Scouts.

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.

A shook of cask staves.

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 bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

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.

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

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

(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

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.

(slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. en

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

A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

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

(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

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

(roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.

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.

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

A quantity sufficient to satisfy;

(transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.

Any material that fills a space or container;

(transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

(transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

Become full;

(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

Occupy the whole of;

(intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

Assume, as of positions or roles;

To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

Fill or meet a want or need

To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.

Appoint someone to (a position or a job)

(social) To cheat.

Eat until one is sated;

To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

Fill to satisfaction;

(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.

Plug with a substance;

(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

(intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.

(transitive) To load with a pack

To load; to encumber.

To move, send or carry.

(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).

(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.

To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.

A pact.

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; - sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;

To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.

To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

A large indefinite number;

A complete collection of similar things

A small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

An association of criminals;

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

A group of hunting animals

A cream that cleanses and tones the skin

A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

A bundle (especially one carried on the back)

Arrange in a container;

Fill to capacity;

Compress into a wad;

Carry, as on one's back;

Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;

Have with oneself; have on one's person;

Press tightly together or cram;

Hike with a backpack;

Press down tightly;

Seal with packing;

Have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

Load with a pack

Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood;