Pail vs. Cup — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pail and Cup
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Pail
A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
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.
Pail
The amount that a pail can hold.
Cup
A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.
Pail
A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
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Cup
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.
Pail
(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Cup
A cup-shaped thing.
Pail
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, - used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.
Cup
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
Pail
A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
Cup
Form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup
‘Hey!’ Dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth
Pail
The quantity contained in a pail
Cup
Bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating
Dr Ross ordered me to be cupped
Cup
A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
Cup
Such a container and its contents.
Cup
Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
Cup
The bowl of a drinking vessel.
Cup
The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Cup
A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.
Cup
(Sports) A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.
Cup
Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.
Cup
An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.
Cup
A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine
Claret cup.
Cup
A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel
Fruit cup.
Cup
A cuplike object.
Cup
(Biology) A cuplike structure or organ.
Cup
A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.
Cup
To shape like a cup
Cup one's hands.
Cup
To place one's curved hand or hands over or around
Cupped his chin in his hands.
Cup
To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.
Cup
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.
Cup
The contents of said vessel.
I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
Cup
A customary unit of measure
Cup
(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
Cup
(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
Cup
A British unit of measure equal to 2 imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
Cup
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
Cup
A contest for which a cup is awarded.
The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
Cup
(association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
Cup
(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
The ball just misses the cup.
Cup
(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
Cider cup
Gin cup
Claret cup
Cup
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
Cup
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
Cup
Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
Cup
(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations.
Cup
(tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
Cup
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
Cup
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
Cup
Anything shaped like a cup.
The cup of an acorn
Cup
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cup
(figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
Cup
(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
Cup
(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
Cup
(transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
Cup
To supply with cups of wine.
Cup
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
Cup
To make concave or in the form of a cup.
To cup the end of a screw
Cup
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.
Cup
The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Give me a cup of sack, boy.
Cup
Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Thence from cups to civil broils.
Cup
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.
Cup
Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.
Cup
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cup
To supply with cups of wine.
Cup us, till the world go round.
Cup
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
Cup
To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
Cup
A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
Cup
The quantity a cup will hold;
He drank a cup of coffee
He borrowed a cup of sugar
Cup
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
Cup
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
Cup
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
Cup
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
Cup
A punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
Cup
Cup-shaped plant organ
Cup
Form into the shape of a cup;
She cupped her hands
Cup
Put into a cup;
Cup the milk
Cup
Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
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