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Lab vs Backpack - What's the difference?

lab | backpack |

As nouns the difference between lab and backpack

is that lab is (astronomy|galaxy) lyman-alpha blob while 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 [[carry|carrying books.

As a verb backpack is

to hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

lab

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A laboratory
  • (colloquial) A Labrador retriever
  • Derived terms
    * lab rat

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
  • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    backpack

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * back pack * haversack * knapsack (US ) * packsack * rucksack

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * backpacker * backpacking