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Cup vs Bottle - What's the difference?

cup | bottle |

In transitive terms the difference between cup and bottle

is that cup is to hold something in cupped hands while bottle is to seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

cup

English

(wikipedia cup)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
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  • A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
  • A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
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  • A contest for which a cup is awarded.
  • (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
  • (US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
  • One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
  • (mathematics) The symbol \cup denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
  • A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  • (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping'' the thrower; ''or those three players.
  • A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
  • Anything shaped like a cup.
    • the cup of an acorn
  • * Shenstone
    • The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.
  • (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
  • That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
  • * Bible, Matthew xxvi. 39
    • O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.

    Derived terms

    * bra cup * coffee cup * cupcake * Cup Final * cuppa * cup size * egg cup, eggcup * teacup * world cup

    Coordinate terms

    * mug * pannikin

    Verb

  • To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
    • Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
  • To hold something in cupped hands.
    • He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
  • (obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Cup us, till the world go round.
  • (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
  • (engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
    • to cup the end of a screw

    Anagrams

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    bottle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bottle, botle, buttle, from (etyl) botl, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dwelling; habitation.
  • A building; house.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) and (etyl) boteille (Modern French bouteille), from buttis.

    Alternative forms

    * botl (Jamaican English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
  • * , chapter=6
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  • The contents of such a container.
  • A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
  • (British, informal) Nerve, courage.
  • (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) With one's hair color produced by dyeing.
  • (obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
  • * End of the 14th century , (The Canterbury Tales), by (Geoffrey Chaucer),
    • Is that a Cook of London, with mischance? / Do him come forth, he knoweth his penance; / For he shall tell a tale, by my fay, / Although it be not worth a bottle hay.
  • * 1599 , (Much Ado About Nothing), by (William Shakespeare),
    • DON PEDRO. Well, if ever thou dost fall from this faith, thou wilt prove a notable argument.
    BENEDICK. If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat and shoot at me; and he that hits me, let him be clapped on the shoulder and called Adam.
  • * 1590s , , by (Christopher Marlowe)
    • I was no sooner in the middle of the pond, but my horse vanished away, and I sat upon a bottle of hay, never so near drowning in my life.
  • (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
    • Synonyms
    * (for feeding babies) baby's bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle (US) * (courage) balls, courage, guts, nerve, pluck
    Antonyms
    * (courage) cowardice
    Derived terms
    * bottle bank * bottle blonde * bottlebrush * bottleneck * bottlenose * bottle opener, bottle-opener * bottle out * bottle sling * bottletop * bottle-washer * hit the bottle * Klein bottle * lightning in a bottle
    Descendants
    * Indonesian: (l) * Malay: (l),
    See also
    * flagon * flask * jar

    Verb

    (bottl)
  • To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
    • This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.
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  • (British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
    • Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
  • (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
    • The rider bottled the big jump.
  • (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
    • He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.
  • (British, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
    • Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.
    Derived terms
    * bottle up