different between infill vs insertion

English

Etymology 1

in +? fill

Verb

infill (third-person singular simple present infills, present participle infilling, simple past and past participle infilled)

1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
2. To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

Translations

Noun

infill (plural infills)

1. That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
2. (cosmetics) The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.

Etymology 2

Apparently by shortening.

Noun

infill

1. (uncommon, especially military) Infiltration, the act of going into a place.
   • 1991, John Leppelman, Blood on the risers: an airborne soldier's thirty-five months in Vietnam:

     Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs for infill and exfill.

   • 2011, Brett Newman, Detroit Convention Center: A Design Process and Typological Study:

     Pedestrian infill/exfill from Atwater Street

Antonyms

• exfill

Anagrams

• fill in, fill-in, fillin'

English

Etymology

insert +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s???n/

Noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

Antonyms

• (act of inserting): deletion
• (anatomy): origin
• (genetics): deletion

Derived terms

• leaf insertion

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin ?nserti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

insertion f (plural insertions)

1. insertion

Related terms

• insérer

Further reading

• “insertion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).