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bag vs carpetbag

carpetbag vs bag

bag and carpetbag both are nouns.

bag is not an adjective while carpetbag is an adjective.

bag is a verb but carpetbag is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bag Yes No Yes No
carpetbag Yes Yes No No
As nouns, carpetbag is a hyponym of bag; that is, carpetbag is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bag:
  • bag: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
  • carpetbag: traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
bag (noun) carpetbag (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
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)
bag (adjective) carpetbag (adjective)
following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
bag (verb) carpetbag (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 carpetbag

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