Difference between Purse and Bag

What is the difference between Purse and Bag?

Purse as a verb is to press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. while Bag as a verb is to put into a bag.

Purse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small bag for carrying money. A small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

Example sentence: A car for every purse and purpose.

Bag

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.A ladies' handbagOne's preference.An ugly woman.The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.First, second, or third base.A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put into a bag.To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.To be caught by the police.To bring a woman one met on the street with one.To laugh uncontrollably.To criticise sarcastically.To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

Example sentence: As long as white people put people of color, African Americans and Latinos, in the same dispensable bag, and look at our children of color as insignificant and treat women of color as not as deserving of protection as white women, we will never achieve true equality.

We hope you now know whether to use Purse or Bag in your sentence.

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