receptacle vs hot-water bag

hot-water bag vs receptacle

receptacle and hot-water bag both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptacle	Yes	No	No	No
hot-water bag	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hot-water bag is a hyponym of receptacle; that is, hot-water bag is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than receptacle:

receptacle: a container that is used to put or keep things in
hot-water bag: a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body

Other hyponyms of receptacle include ash-pan, ashtray, beehive, hive, case, compositor's case, typesetter's case, cat box, catchall, chamberpot, potty, thunder mug, coin box, dustpan, garbage, hopper, hot-water bottle, in-basket, in-tray, ossuary, out-basket, out-tray, collection plate, plate, pix, pyx, save-all, silent butler, socket, cuspidor, spittoon, tidy, tray, trough, seed tray.

receptacle (noun)	hot-water bag (noun)
a container that is used to put or keep things in	a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Difference between receptacle and hot-water bag

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