bag vs postbag

bag and postbag both are nouns.

bag is a verb but postbag is not a verb.

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

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

bag: a flexible container with a single opening
postbag: letter carrier's shoulder bag

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, feedbag, nosebag, pannier, plastic bag, pouch, purse, ragbag, rosin bag, sachet, carrier bag, paper bag, poke, 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)	postbag (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior	letter carrier's shoulder bag
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 (verb)	postbag (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 postbag

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