bin vs container

bin and container both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bin	Yes	No	Yes	No
container	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, container is a hypernym of bin; that is, container is a word with a broader meaning than bin:

bin: a container; usually has a lid
container: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

bin (noun)	container (noun)
a container; usually has a lid	any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
the quantity contained in a bin

bin (verb)	container (verb)
store in bins