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Handbag vs Schoolbag - What's the difference?

handbag | schoolbag |

As nouns the difference between handbag and schoolbag

is that handbag is a small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items while schoolbag is a satchel used to carry supplies for school, a bookbag.

As a verb handbag

is figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).

handbag

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
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  • (uncountable) An anthemic subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.

    • Synonyms

    * (bag used by women) purse (North American) * (subgenre of house music) diva house, handbag house

    Hyponyms

    * man-bag, murse

    Derived terms

    * handbags at ten paces * hardbag * man-bag

    Verb

    (handbagg)
  • (British, transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of ).

    • External links

    * * ("handbag" on Wikipedia)

    schoolbag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A satchel used to carry supplies for school, a bookbag

    • See also

    * backpack