define vs fill someone in

define

verb
  • To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression. 

  • To establish the referent of a term or notation. 

  • To express the essential nature of something. 

  • To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. 

  • To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept. 

  • To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. 

noun
  • A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs. 

fill someone in

How often have the words define and fill someone in occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )