bag vs poke

bag and poke both are nouns.

bag and poke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bag	Yes	No	Yes	No
poke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, poke is a hyponym of bag; that is, poke is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bag:

bag: a flexible container with a single opening
poke: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Other hyponyms of bag include air bag, back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, beanbag, bladder, body bag, human remains pouch, personnel pouch, book bag, burn bag, carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag, drawstring bag, dust bag, vacuum bag, envelope, gasbag, gamebag, golf bag, burlap bag, gunny sack, gunnysack, ice bag, ice pack, mailbag, postbag, feedbag, nosebag, pannier, plastic bag, pouch, purse, ragbag, rosin bag, sachet, carrier bag, paper bag, sack, saddlebag, sandbag, schoolbag, shopping bag, sick bag, sickbag, skin, sleeping bag, sweat bag, tea bag, sponge bag, toilet bag, tool bag, tucker-bag, tuckerbag.

bag (noun)	poke (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior	(boxing) a blow with the fist
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)	a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
a flexible container with a single opening	a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes	someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)	tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
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)	poke (verb)
put into a bag	make a hole by poking
capture or kill, as in hunting	poke or thrust abruptly
take unlawfully	hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge	stir by poking
hang loosely, like an empty bag	search or inquire in a meddlesome way

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