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Ragtag vs Ragbag - What's the difference?

ragtag | ragbag |

As an adjective ragtag

is unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.

As a noun ragbag is

a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

ragtag

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
  • :He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
  • Very diverse; comprised of irregular and dissimilar components.
  • :The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

    • Synonyms

    * bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered * (composed of irregular or dissimilar components) motley, jumbled, patchwork, uneven

    ragbag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

    • Synonyms

    *farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum * See also