Bag vs. Sag — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bag and Sag
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Bag
A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands.
Sag
To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
Bag
A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
Sag
To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience
My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
Bag
A handbag; a purse.
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Sag
To decline, as in value or price
Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
Bag
A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.
Sag
(Nautical) To drift to leeward.
Bag
A pouchlike or sagging organ or part of the body, such as a cow's udder.
Sag
To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
Bag
An object that resembles a pouch.
Sag
To cause to sag.
Bag
(Nautical) The sagging or bulging part of a sail.
Sag
The act or an instance of sagging.
Bag
The amount that a bag can hold.
Sag
The degree or extent to which something sags.
Bag
An amount of game taken or legally permitted to be taken.
Sag
A sagging or drooping part or area
Tried to brush out the paint sags.
Bag
(Baseball) A base.
Sag
A sunken area of land; a depression.
Bag
(Slang) An area of interest or skill
Cooking is not my bag.
Sag
A sagging area; a depression.
Bag
(Slang) A woman considered ugly or unkempt.
Sag
A decline, as in monetary value.
Bag
To put into a bag
Bag groceries.
Sag
(Nautical) A drift to leeward.
Bag
To cause to bulge like a pouch.
Sag
The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
Bag
To capture or kill as game
Bagged six grouse.
Sag
The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
Bag
To gain; acquire
He bagged a profit from the sale.
Sag
The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
Bag
To capture or arrest
Was bagged for trespassing.
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
The floor of a room sags.
Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
Bag
To accomplish or achieve
Bagged a birdie with a long putt.
Sag
(by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
A building may sag one way or another.
The door sags on its hinges.
Bag
To fail to attend purposely; skip
Bagged classes for the day and went to the beach.
Sag
(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
Bag
To stop doing or considering; abandon
Bagged the idea and started from scratch.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Bag
To terminate the employment of.
Sag
(transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Bag
To pack items in a bag.
Sag
(informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
Bag
To hang loosely
The pants bag at the knees.
Sag
To pull down someone else's pants.
Bag
To swell out; bulge.
Sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
Bag
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
Sag
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Bag
A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, and handbags.
Sag
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Bag
(colloquial) One's preference.
Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
Sag
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Bag
(derogatory) An ugly woman.
Sag
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Bag
A fellow gay man.
Sag
A shape that sags;
There was a sag in the chair seat
Bag
(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
Sag
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Bag
(baseball) First, second, or third base.
He headed back to the bag.
Sag
Cause to sag;
The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably
Bag
(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
Bag
(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
A bag of three apples could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Or, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
Bag
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
The bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
The bag of a cow
Bag
A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
Bag
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
Bag
A scrotum.
Bag
(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
Bag
A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
Bag
(slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
Bag
£1000, a grand.
Bag
(informal) A large number or amount.
Bag
(transitive) To put into a bag.
Bag
(transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score
Bag
(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
We bagged three deer yesterday.
Bag
To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
Bag
(slang) To steal.
Bag
To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
Bag
(slang) To arrest.
Bag
(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
Bag
To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
Bag
To fit with a bag to collect urine.
Bag
To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag
Bag
To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
The brisk wind bagged the sails.
Bag
To hang like an empty bag.
His trousers bag at the knees.
Bag
To drop away from the correct course.
Bag
To become pregnant.
Bag
To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
Bag
To show particular puffy emotion
Bag
To swell with arrogance.
Bag
To laugh uncontrollably.
Bag
To criticise sarcastically.
Bag
A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
Bag
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
Bag
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
Bag
The quantity of game bagged.
Bag
A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
Bag
To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
Bag
To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
Bag
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
A bee bagged with his honeyed venom.
Bag
To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
Bag
To swell with arrogance.
Bag
To become pregnant.
Bag
A flexible container with a single opening;
He stuffed his laundry into a large bag
Bag
The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person);
His bag included two deer
Bag
Place that runner must touch before scoring;
He scrambled to get back to the bag
Bag
A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);
She reached into her bag and found a comb
Bag
The quantity that a bag will hold;
He ate a large bag of popcorn
Bag
A portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;
He carried his small bag onto the plane with him
Bag
An ugly or ill-tempered woman;
He was romancing the old bag for her money
Bag
Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
Bag
An activity that you like or at which you are superior;
Chemistry is not my cup of tea
His bag now is learning to play golf
Marriage was scarcely his dish
Bag
Capture or kill, as in hunting;
Bag a few pheasants
Bag
Hang loosely, like an empty bag
Bag
Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
Bag
Take unlawfully
Bag
Put into a bag;
The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries
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