pouch vs bag

pouch and bag both are nouns.

pouch and bag both are verbs.

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

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

pouch: a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
bag: a flexible container with a single opening

As verbs, bag is a hypernym of pouch; that is, bag is a word with a broader meaning than pouch:

pouch: put into a small bag
bag: put into a bag

pouch (noun)	bag (noun)
a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things	an activity that you like or at which you are superior
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)	mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
an enclosed space	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)

pouch (verb)	bag (verb)
swell or protrude outwards	put into a bag
put into a small bag	capture or kill, as in hunting
send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels	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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