The difference between Baggy and Loose

When used as nouns, baggy means a small plastic bag, as for sandwiches, whereas loose means the release of an arrow.

When used as adjectives, baggy means of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body, whereas loose means not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

Loose is also interjection with the meaning: begin shooting.

Loose is also verb with the meaning: to let loose, to free from restraints.

check bellow for the other definitions of Baggy and Loose

  1. Baggy as an adjective:

    Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

  2. Baggy as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.

  3. Baggy as an adjective:

    Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

    Examples:

    "a baggy book"

  1. Baggy as a noun:

    A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.

  1. Loose as a verb (transitive):

    To let loose, to free from restraints.

  2. Loose as a verb (transitive):

    To unfasten, to loosen.

  3. Loose as a verb (transitive):

    To make less tight, to loosen.

  4. Loose as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a grip or hold, to let go.

  5. Loose as a verb (archery):

    to shoot (an arrow)

  6. Loose as a verb (obsolete):

    To set sail.

  7. Loose as a verb (obsolete):

    To solve; to interpret.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  1. Loose as an adjective:

    Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

    Examples:

    "This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel."

  2. Loose as an adjective:

    Not held or packaged together.

    Examples:

    "You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose."

  3. Loose as an adjective:

    Not under control.

    Examples:

    "The dog is loose again."

  4. Loose as an adjective:

    Not fitting closely

    Examples:

    "I wear loose clothes when it is hot."

  5. Loose as an adjective:

    Not compact.

    Examples:

    "It is difficult walking on loose gravel."

    "a cloth of loose texture"

  6. Loose as an adjective:

    Relaxed.

    Examples:

    "She danced with a loose flowing movement."

  7. Loose as an adjective:

    Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

    Examples:

    "a loose way of reasoning"

  8. Loose as an adjective:

    Indiscreet.

    Examples:

    "Loose talk costs lives."

  9. Loose as an adjective (dated):

    Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

  10. Loose as an adjective (not comparable, sports):

    Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

    Examples:

    "He caught an elbow going after a loose ball."

    "The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net."

  11. Loose as an adjective (dated):

    Not costive; having lax bowels.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Locke"

  1. Loose as a noun (archery):

    The release of an arrow.

  2. Loose as a noun (obsolete):

    A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

  3. Loose as a noun (rugby):

    All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

  4. Loose as a noun:

    Freedom from restraint.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Prior"

  5. Loose as a noun:

    A letting go; discharge.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  1. Loose as a verb:

    Examples:

    "I'm going to loose this game."

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