The difference between Bag and Purse
When used as nouns, bag means a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc, whereas purse means a small bag for carrying money.
When used as verbs, bag means to put into a bag, whereas purse means to press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bag and Purse
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Bag as a noun:
A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
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Bag as a noun (informal):
A handbag
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Bag as a noun:
A suitcase.
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Bag as a noun:
A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
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Bag as a noun (slang):
One's preference.
Examples:
"Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music."
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Bag as a noun (derogatory):
An ugly woman.
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Bag as a noun (baseball):
The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
Examples:
"The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head."
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Bag as a noun (baseball):
First, second, or third base.
Examples:
"He headed back to the bag."
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Bag as a noun (preceded by "the"):
A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
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Bag as a noun (mathematics):
A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
Examples:
"If one has a [[bag]] of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such [[bag]] could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a [[bag]] of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a [[bag]] of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}."
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Bag as a noun:
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
Examples:
"the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents"
"the bag of a cow"
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Bag as a noun:
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
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Bag as a noun:
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
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Bag as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A scrotum.
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Bag as a noun (UK):
A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
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Bag as a noun (mostly, in the plural):
A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
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Bag as a verb:
To put into a bag.
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Bag as a verb (informal):
To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
Examples:
"We bagged three deer yesterday."
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Bag as a verb:
To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
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Bag as a verb (transitive):
To furnish or load with a bag.
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Bag as a verb (slang, African American Vernacular):
To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
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Bag as a verb (slang, African American Vernacular):
To laugh uncontrollably.
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Bag as a verb (Australia, slang):
To criticise sarcastically.
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Bag as a verb (medicine):
To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
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Bag as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To swell or hang down like a full bag.
Examples:
"The skin bags from containing morbid matter."
"The brisk wind bagged the sails."
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Bag as a verb:
To hang like an empty bag.
Examples:
"His trousers bag at the knees."
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Bag as a verb (nautical, intransitive):
To drop away from the correct course.
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Bag as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To swell with arrogance.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chaucer"
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Bag as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To become pregnant.
Examples:
"rfquotek Warner. (Alb. Eng.)"
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Purse as a noun:
A small bag for carrying money.
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Purse as a noun (US):
A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
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Purse as a noun:
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
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Purse as a noun (historical):
A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
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Purse as a verb (transitive):
To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
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Purse as a verb:
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
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Purse as a verb:
To put into a purse.
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Purse as a verb (intransitive, obsolete, rare):
To steal purses; to rob.