reticule vs bag

bag vs reticule

reticule and bag both are nouns.

reticule is not a verb while bag is a verb.

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

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

reticule: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
bag: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

Other hypernyms of reticule include handbag, pocketbook, purse.

reticule (noun)	bag (noun)
a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries	an activity that you like or at which you are superior
a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument	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)

reticule (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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