Mug vs. Pint — What's the Difference?

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.

The pint (, listen ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as p) is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon.

A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.

A unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon, in Britain equal to 0.568 litre and in the US equal to 0.473 litre (for liquid measure) or 0.551 litre (for dry measure).

The amount that such a cup can hold.

A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/8 gallon or 16 ounces (0.473 liter).

The human face.

A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to 1/16 peck or 1/2 quart (0.551 liter).

The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.

A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 0.568 liter. See Table at measurement.

A grimace.

A container with a pint capacity.

A mug shot.

The amount of a substance that can be held in such a container.

A thug; a hoodlum.

A unit of volume, equivalent to:

Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.

One eighth of a gallon, specifically:

(Informal) To photograph (a person's face) for police files.

(Hungary) 1.696 liters

To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob

(medicine) 12 fluid ounces

To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect

A pint of milk.

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug

A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

The face.

A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, - used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.

A gullible or easily-cheated person.

The laughing gull.

A stupid or contemptible person.

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

(slang) A criminal.

A United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches

Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")

A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.

Uninteresting or unpleasant.

To strike in the face.

(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.

(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.

(transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.

To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.

A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, - usually cylindrical and without a lip.

The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug again; - often used contemptuously.

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.

The quantity that can be held in a mug

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

With handle and usually cylindrical

Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence;