The difference between Bag and Thing
When used as nouns, bag means a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc, whereas thing means that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
When used as verbs, bag means to put into a bag, whereas thing means to express as a thing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bag and Thing
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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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Thing as a noun:
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
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Thing as a noun:
A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
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Thing as a noun:
An individual object or distinct entity.
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Thing as a noun (informal):
Something that is existent or generally recognised.
Examples:
"Bacon pie? Is that a thing?"
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Thing as a noun (legal):
Whatever can be owned. Corporeal object.
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Thing as a noun (somewhat, _, dated):
The latest fad or fashion.
Examples:
"What do you mean you don't twerk, Stacy? It's the latest thing!"
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Thing as a noun (in the plural):
Clothes, possessions or equipment.
Examples:
"Hold on, let me just grab my things."
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Thing as a noun (informal):
A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
Examples:
"get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans"
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Thing as a noun (informal):
A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
Examples:
"The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety."
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Thing as a noun (slang):
A penis.
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Thing as a noun:
A living being or creature.
Examples:
"you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar"
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Thing as a noun:
That which matters; the crux.
Examples:
"that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money"
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Thing as a noun:
Examples:
"Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing."
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Thing as a noun (informal):
That which is favoured; personal preference. ()
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Thing as a noun (chiefly, historical):
A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
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Thing as a verb (rare):
To express as a thing; to reify.