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bag vs baggage

baggage vs bag

bag and baggage both are nouns.

bag is a verb but baggage is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bag Yes No Yes No
baggage Yes No No No
As nouns, baggage is a hypernym of bag; that is, baggage is a word with a broader meaning than bag:
  • bag: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
  • baggage: cases used to carry belongings when traveling
Other hypernyms of bag include luggage.
bag (noun) baggage (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior cases used to carry belongings when traveling
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) the portable equipment and supplies of an army
a flexible container with a single opening a worthless or immoral woman
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)
bag (verb) baggage (verb)
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 bag and baggage

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