Jug vs Pitcher - What's the difference?
jug | pitcher |
A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
The amount that a jug can hold.
(slang) Jail.
(vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
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(New Zealand) A kettle.
To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
(slang) To put into jail.
To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
(of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
(baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
(obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .
As nouns the difference between jug and pitcher
is that jug is a serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top while pitcher is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.As a verb jug
is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.jug
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(en noun)Derived terms
* jug band * jug ears * measuring jugExternal links
* (wikipedia "jug")Verb
(jugg)- jugged hare