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Satchel vs Briefcase - What's the difference?

satchel | briefcase |

As nouns the difference between satchel and briefcase

is that satchel is a bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc while briefcase is a case used for carrying documents (especially by business people.

satchel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * besatcheled (rare)

    Anagrams

    * (l), , (l), (l)

    briefcase

    Noun

  • a case used for carrying documents (especially by business people)
  • Synonyms

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