portmanteau vs bag

bag vs portmanteau

portmanteau and bag both are nouns.

portmanteau is not a verb while bag is a verb.

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

As nouns, bag is a hypernym of portmanteau; that is, bag is a word with a broader meaning than portmanteau:

portmanteau: a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
bag: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

Other hypernyms of portmanteau include grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag.

portmanteau (noun)	bag (noun)
a large travelling bag made of stiff leather	an activity that you like or at which you are superior
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings	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)

portmanteau (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

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