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Sachet vs Pouch - What's the difference?

sachet | pouch |

As nouns the difference between sachet and pouch

is that sachet is a cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving while pouch is a small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

As a verb pouch is

to enclose within a pouch.

sachet

English

Noun

  • (en noun) Chiefly British
  • (cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
  • A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

    • Anagrams

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    pouch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  • A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
  • Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  • (slang, dated, derogatory) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  • A cyst or sac containing fluid.
  • (botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
  • A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * bag * pocket * sack

    Verb

  • To enclose within a pouch.
  • To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
  • (of fowls and fish) To swallow.
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  • (obsolete) To pout.
    • (Ainsworth)
  • (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
    (Webster 1913)