bag vs purse

bag and purse both are nouns.

bag and purse both are verbs.

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

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

bag: a flexible container with a single opening
purse: a small bag for carrying money

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, 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.

As nouns, bag and purse are synonyms defined as:

bag and purse: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

Other synonyms of bag include handbag, pocketbook.

bag (noun)	purse (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior	a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)	a small bag for carrying money
a flexible container with a single opening	a sum of money offered as a prize
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes	a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
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)	purse (verb)
put into a bag	contract one's lips into a rounded shape
capture or kill, as in hunting	gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
take unlawfully
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
hang loosely, like an empty bag

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