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Exist vs Fulfil - What's the difference?

exist | fulfil |

As verbs the difference between exist and fulfil

is that exist is to be; have existence; have being or reality while fulfil is (archaic) to fill up.

exist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to be; have existence; have being or reality
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 12:
  • Various relationships may exist between character and glyph:
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 19:
  • , regardless of whether those characters also existed in other character encoding standards.
  • * 2012 , The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification , ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 55:
  • , which will be treated either as an update of the existing character encoding or as a completely new character encoding.

    Synonyms

    * be

    Derived terms

    * existence * existent * existential * existentialist * existentialism * existentially

    Anagrams

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    fulfil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (US)

    Verb

    (fulfill)
  • (archaic) To fill up.
  • My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.
  • * 1870 , James Thomson,
  • The silence which benumbs or strains the sense
    Fulfils with awe the soul's despair unweeping
  • To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
  • You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfil it.
  • To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
  • This job fulfils me in a way my last one never did.
  • To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
  • Unfortunately, you don't fulfil the criteria for extra grants at the present time.

    Derived terms

    * (UK) - fulfilment, fulfilled, fulfilling, fulfillable * unfulfilled