busket |
pail |
As nouns the difference between busket and pail
is that
busket is a small bush while
pail is a vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket
(sometimes with a cover).
basket |
pail |
As nouns the difference between basket and pail
is that
basket is a lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom while
pail is a vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket
(sometimes with a cover).
As a verb basket
is to place in a basket or in baskets.
pail |
piggin |
As nouns the difference between pail and piggin
is that
pail is a vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc, usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket
(sometimes with a cover) while
piggin is (dialect) a small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can in the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long this stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop it was used on farms for scattering grain for the chickens, slopping the hogs, as a one-handed milk bucket, and as a grain scoop.
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