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mailbag vs bag

bag vs mailbag

mailbag and bag both are nouns.

mailbag is not a verb while bag is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mailbag Yes No No No
bag Yes No Yes No
As nouns, bag is a hypernym of mailbag; that is, bag is a word with a broader meaning than mailbag:
  • mailbag: letter carrier's shoulder bag
  • bag: a flexible container with a single opening
mailbag (noun) bag (noun)
letter carrier's shoulder bag an activity that you like or at which you are superior
pouch used in the shipment of mail 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)
mailbag (verb) bag (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 mailbag and bag

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