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Bag vs. Sag — What's the Difference?

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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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