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Sac vs Bac - What's the difference?

sac | bac |

As nouns the difference between sac and bac

is that sac is a bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid while bac is a broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

As a verb sac

is (sacrifice v) To sacrifice.

As an acronym SAC

is acronym of :w:senior aircraftman|senior aircraftman|lang=en.

As a proper noun Sac

is an alternative form of Sauk|lang=en.

As an initialism BAC is

Blood alcohol concentration (or blood alcohol content.

sac

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sac.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
  • Derived terms
    * vocal sac

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of sacrifice.

    Verb

  • (senseid)(transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.
  • Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
    I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)(transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.
  • Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

    Etymology 3

    See sake, soc.

    Noun

  • (UK, legal, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
  • (Cowell)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    bac

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
  • A vat or cistern.