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backpack vs bag

bag vs backpack

backpack and bag both are nouns.

backpack and bag both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
backpack Yes No Yes No
bag Yes No Yes No
As nouns, bag is a hypernym of backpack; that is, bag is a word with a broader meaning than backpack:
  • backpack: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
  • bag: a flexible container with a single opening
backpack (noun) bag (noun)
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder an activity that you like or at which you are superior
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
a flexible container with a single opening
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
a place that the runner must touch before scoring
an ugly or ill-tempered woman
the quantity that a bag will hold
the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
backpack (verb) bag (verb)
hike with a backpack put into a bag
capture or kill, as in hunting
take unlawfully
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
hang loosely, like an empty bag
Difference between backpack and bag

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