The difference between Bucket and Scoop

When used as nouns, bucket means a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items, whereas scoop means any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

When used as verbs, bucket means to place inside a bucket, whereas scoop means to lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bucket and Scoop

  1. Bucket as a noun:

    A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

    Examples:

    "I need a bucket to carry the water from the well."

  2. Bucket as a noun:

    The amount held in this container.

    Examples:

    "The horse drank a whole bucket of water."

  3. Bucket as a noun (UK, archaic):

    A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

  4. Bucket as a noun:

    Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

  5. Bucket as a noun (slang):

    An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

  6. Bucket as a noun (basketball, informal):

    The basket.

    Examples:

    "The forward drove to the bucket."

  7. Bucket as a noun (basketball, informal):

    A field goal.

    Examples:

    "We can't keep giving up easy buckets."

  8. Bucket as a noun (variation management):

    A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

  9. Bucket as a noun (computing):

    A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

  10. Bucket as a noun (informal, chiefly, plural):

    A large amount of liquid.

    Examples:

    "It rained buckets yesterday."

    "I was so nervous that I sweated buckets."

  11. Bucket as a noun:

    A bucket bag.

  12. Bucket as a noun:

    The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

  13. Bucket as a noun:

    The pitcher in certain orchids.

  1. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To place inside a bucket.

  2. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

    Examples:

    "to bucket water"

  3. Bucket as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To rain heavily.

  4. Bucket as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To travel very quickly.

  5. Bucket as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

  6. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

  7. Bucket as a verb (transitive, UK, US, rowing):

    To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

  1. Scoop as a noun:

    Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

    Examples:

    "She kept a scoop in the dog food."

  2. Scoop as a noun:

    The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

    Examples:

    "Use one scoop of coffee for each pot."

    "I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream."

  3. Scoop as a noun:

    The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

  4. Scoop as a noun:

    A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

    Examples:

    "He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the [[scoop]] on the debate."

  5. Scoop as a noun (automotive):

    An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

  6. Scoop as a noun:

    The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

  7. Scoop as a noun:

    A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

  8. Scoop as a noun:

    A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

  9. Scoop as a noun:

    A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.

  10. Scoop as a noun:

    A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

  1. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

    Examples:

    "He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."

  2. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To make hollow; to dig out.

    Examples:

    "I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."

  3. Scoop as a verb (transitive):

    To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

    Examples:

    "The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."

  4. Scoop as a verb (music, often with "up"):

    To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.

  5. Scoop as a verb (slang):

    To pick (someone) up

    Examples:

    "You have a car. Can you come and scoop me? "

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