The difference between Bunch and Pocket

When used as nouns, bunch means a group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together, whereas pocket means a bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

When used as verbs, bunch means to gather into a bunch, whereas pocket means to put (something) into a pocket.

Pocket is also adjective with the meaning: of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bunch and Pocket

  1. Bunch as a noun:

    A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

    Examples:

    "a bunch of grapes;  a bunch of bananas;  a bunch of keys;  nowrap a bunch of yobs on a street corner"

  2. Bunch as a noun (cycling):

    The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

  3. Bunch as a noun:

    An informal body of friends.

    Examples:

    "He still hangs out with the same bunch."

  4. Bunch as a noun (US, informal):

    A considerable amount.

    Examples:

    "a bunch of trouble"

  5. Bunch as a noun (informal):

    An unmentioned amount; a number.

    Examples:

    "A bunch of them went down to the field."

  6. Bunch as a noun (forestry):

    A group of logs tied together for skidding.

  7. Bunch as a noun (geology, mining):

    An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Page"

  8. Bunch as a noun (textiles):

    The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.

  9. Bunch as a noun:

    An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.

    Examples:

    "Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch."

  10. Bunch as a noun:

    A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

  1. Bunch as a verb (transitive):

    To gather into a bunch.

  2. Bunch as a verb (transitive):

    To gather fabric into folds.

  3. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To form a bunch.

  4. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To be gathered together in folds

  5. Bunch as a verb (intransitive):

    To protrude or swell

  1. Pocket as a noun:

    A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

  2. Pocket as a noun:

    Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

    Examples:

    "I paid for it out of my own pocket."

  3. Pocket as a noun (sports, billiards, pool, snooker):

    An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

  4. Pocket as a noun:

    An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

    Examples:

    "The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas."

  5. Pocket as a noun (Australia):

    An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

  6. Pocket as a noun (Australian rules football):

    The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

  7. Pocket as a noun (American Football):

    The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.

  8. Pocket as a noun (military):

    An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

  9. Pocket as a noun (rugby):

    The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

  10. Pocket as a noun:

    A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.

  11. Pocket as a noun (architecture):

    A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

  12. Pocket as a noun (mining):

    A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

  13. Pocket as a noun (nautical):

    A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

  14. Pocket as a noun:

    The pouch of an animal.

  15. Pocket as a noun (bowling):

    The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

  16. Pocket as a noun:

    A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

  17. Pocket as a noun:

    A bight on a lee shore.

  18. Pocket as a noun (dentistry):

    A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

  1. Pocket as a verb:

    To put (something) into a pocket.

  2. Pocket as a verb (sports, billiards, snooker, pool):

    To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

  3. Pocket as a verb (slang):

    To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.

  4. Pocket as a verb (slang):

    To shoplift, to steal.

  5. Pocket as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.

  1. Pocket as an adjective:

    Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

    Examples:

    "pocket dictionary"

  2. Pocket as an adjective:

    Smaller or more compact than usual.

    Examples:

    "[[pocket battleship]]'', ''[[pocket beach]]"

  3. Pocket as an adjective (Texas hold'em, _, poker):

    Referring to the two initial hole cards.

    Examples:

    "A pocket pair of kings''."

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