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bag vs envelope

envelope vs bag

bag and envelope both are nouns.

bag is a verb but envelope is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bag Yes No Yes No
envelope Yes No No No
As nouns, envelope is a hyponym of bag; that is, envelope is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bag:
  • bag: a flexible container with a single opening
  • envelope: the bag containing the gas in a balloon
bag (noun) envelope (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior any wrapper or covering
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
a flexible container with a single opening the bag containing the gas in a balloon
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft)
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) a natural covering (as by a fluid)
a place that the runner must touch before scoring a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
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) envelope (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 envelope

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