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Luggage vs Suitcase - What's the difference?

luggage | suitcase |

As nouns the difference between luggage and suitcase

is that luggage is the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings while suitcase is large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

As a verb suitcase is

to trade using samples in a suitcase.

luggage

English

(wikipedia luggage)

Noun

(-)
  • The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • I am gathering up my luggage , and preparing for my journey.
  • The contents of such containers.

    • Synonyms

    * baggage

    Derived terms

    * hold luggage * cabin luggage * hand luggage

    References

    English refractory feminine rhymes

    suitcase

    English

    (wikipedia suitcase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling

    • Verb

    (suitcas)
  • to trade using samples in a

    • Anagrams

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