bag vs sack

bag and sack both are nouns.

bag and sack both are verbs.

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

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

bag: a flexible container with a single opening
sack: 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, poke, 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)	sack (noun)
an activity that you like or at which you are superior	the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)	the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
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	a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)	a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
a place that the runner must touch before scoring	a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
an ugly or ill-tempered woman	any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
the quantity that a bag will hold	the quantity contained in a sack
the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)	an enclosed space

bag (verb)	sack (verb)
put into a bag	put in a sack
capture or kill, as in hunting	plunder (a town) after capture
take unlawfully	make as a net profit
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
hang loosely, like an empty bag

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