What is the difference between backpack and bag?
backpack | bag |
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking]], or on a student's back when [[carry, carrying books.
A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.
A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
(label) A handbag
A suitcase.
A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
One’s preference.
(label) An ugly woman.
(label) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
(label) First, second, or third base.
(label) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
(label) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
A scrotum.
(label) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
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.
(label) To furnish or load with a bag.
* Dryden
To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
To laugh uncontrollably.
To criticise sarcastically.
(label) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
To swell or hang down like a full bag.
To swell with arrogance.
To become pregnant.
In transitive terms the difference between backpack and bag
is that backpack is to place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack while bag is to furnish or load with a bag.As nouns the difference between backpack and bag
is that backpack is a knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books while bag is a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.As verbs the difference between backpack and bag
is that backpack is to hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack while bag is to put into a bag.backpack
English
(wikipedia backpack)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* back pack * haversack * knapsack (US ) * packsack * rucksackVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* backpacker * backpackingbag
English
(wikipedia bag)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (flexible container) poke (obsolete), sack, tote * (handbag) handbag, purse (US) * (preference) cup of tea, thing * (ugly woman) dog, hag * (in mathematics) multisetHyponyms
* (flexible container) bindleVerb
(bagg)- (Chaucer)