purse vs bag

purse and bag both are nouns.

purse and bag both are verbs.

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

As nouns, purse and bag are synonyms defined as:

purse and bag: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

Other synonyms of purse include handbag, pocketbook.

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

purse: a small bag for carrying money
bag: a flexible container with a single opening

purse (noun)	bag (noun)
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)	an activity that you like or at which you are superior
a small bag for carrying money	mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
a sum of money offered as a prize	a flexible container with a single opening
a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse	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)

purse (verb)	bag (verb)
contract one's lips into a rounded shape	put into a bag
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker	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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