Mug vs. Stein — 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.

A large earthenware beer mug.

A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.

Variant spelling of steen

The amount that such a cup can hold.

A beer mug, especially one that is large or decorated.

The human face.

A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

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

See Steen.

A grimace.

A mug intended for serving beer

A mug shot.

Experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)

A thug; a hoodlum.

Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.

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

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

To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect

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

The face.

A gullible or easily-cheated person.

A stupid or contemptible person.

(slang) A criminal.

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

(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;