Cup vs. Mug

Difference Between Cup and Mug
Cup➦
A cup is an open-top container used to hold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, aluminium or other materials, and are usually fixed with a stem, handles, or other adornments.
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Mug➦
A mug is a type of cup typically used for drinking hot drinks, such as coffee, hot chocolate, or tea. Mugs usually have handles and hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cup.
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a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.
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A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
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an ornamental trophy in the form of a cup, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest.
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The amount that such a cup can hold.
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Cup➦
a cup-shaped thing.
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Mug➦
The human face.
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a mixed drink made from fruit juices and typically containing wine or cider
the bars offered large glasses of white wine cup
a non-alcoholic fruit cup
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The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.
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form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup
‘Hey!’ Dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth
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A grimace.
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Cup➦
bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating
Dr Ross ordered me to be cupped
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A mug shot.
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A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
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A thug; a hoodlum.
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Such a container and its contents.
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Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.
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Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
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(Informal) To photograph (a person's face) for police files.
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The bowl of a drinking vessel.
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To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob
arrested the thief who mugged the tourists.
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The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.
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To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect
The partygoers mugged for the camera.
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A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.
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A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug
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(Sports) A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.
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The face.
What an ugly mug.
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Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.
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A gullible or easily-cheated person.
He's a gullible mug – he believed her again.
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An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.
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Mug➦
A stupid or contemptible person.
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A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine
claret cup.
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(slang) A criminal.
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A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel
fruit cup.
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Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
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A cuplike object.
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(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
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(Biology) A cuplike structure or organ.
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Uninteresting or unpleasant.
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A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.
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To strike in the face.
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To shape like a cup
cup one's hands.
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(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
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To place one's curved hand or hands over or around
cupped his chin in his hands.
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(intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
The children weren't interested in sitting still for a serious photo; they mugged for the camera.
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To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.
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(transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
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A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
Pour the tea into the cup.
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To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
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The contents of said vessel.
I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
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A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, - usually cylindrical and without a lip.
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A customary unit of measure
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The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug again; - often used contemptuously.
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(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
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To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun.
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(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
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the quantity that can be held in a mug
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A British unit of measure equal to 2 imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
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a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
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A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
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the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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A contest for which a cup is awarded.
The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
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with handle and usually cylindrical
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(association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
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rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence;
I was mugged in the streets of New York last night
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(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
The ball just misses the cup.
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(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
cider cup
gin cup
claret cup
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A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
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One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
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Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
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(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations.
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(tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
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(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
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A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
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Anything shaped like a cup.
the cup of an acorn
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A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
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(figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
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(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
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(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
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(transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
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To supply with cups of wine.
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To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
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To make concave or in the form of a cup.
to cup the end of a screw
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A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
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The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Give me a cup of sack, boy.
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Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Thence from cups to civil broils.
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That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
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Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.
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A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
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To supply with cups of wine.
Cup us, till the world go round.
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To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
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To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
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a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
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the quantity a cup will hold;
he drank a cup of coffee
he borrowed a cup of sugar
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a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle;
he put the cup back in the saucer
the handle of the cup was missing
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a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition;
the school kept the cups is a special glass case
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any cup-shaped concavity;
bees filled the waxen cups with honey
he wore a jock strap with a metal cup
the cup of her bra
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the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away
put the flag back in the cup
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a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
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cup-shaped plant organ
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form into the shape of a cup;
She cupped her hands
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put into a cup;
cup the milk
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treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
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