Backpack vs Satchel - What's the difference?
backpack | satchel |
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.
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.
A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
* "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel , which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.