bottle vs jug

bottle and jug both are nouns.

bottle and jug both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bottle	Yes	No	Yes	No
jug	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

bottle: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
jug: a large bottle with a narrow mouth

Other hyponyms of bottle include beer bottle, carafe, decanter, carboy, catsup bottle, ketchup bottle, crewet, cruet, demijohn, flask, calabash, gourd, ink bottle, inkpot, ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial, vial, pill bottle, pop bottle, soda bottle, smelling bottle, specimen bottle, water bottle, whiskey bottle, wine bottle, gas-washing bottle, gas washing bottle.

bottle (noun)	jug (noun)
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped	a large bottle with a narrow mouth
a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children	the quantity contained in a jug
the quantity contained in a bottle

bottle (verb)	jug (verb)
put into bottles	stew in an earthenware jug
store (liquids or gases) in bottles	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Difference between bottle and jug

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