What's the difference between bag and baggage?

Bag


Definition:

  • (n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  • (n.) The quantity of game bagged.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
  • (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
  • (v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
  • (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
  • (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
  • (v. i.) To become pregnant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a paired study 12 platelet concentrates (PC) of Fresenius AS-104 cell separator were stored in new polyolefin bags of Fresenius (LE2) and Fenwal PL-732 bags.
  • (2) The agency, which works to reduce food waste and plastic bag use, has already been gutted , with its budget reduced to £17.9m in 2014, down from £37.7m in 2011.
  • (3) It won't be worth putting away his travel bags after returning from Perth as the G20 summit in Cannes, France, beckons.
  • (4) After clinical examination and semen analysis, we studied 4100 patients by scrotal US with sector mechanical (7.5 MHz) probe with water bag and by transrectal US for prostatic vesicular region evaluation with 5-6.5 MHz linear probe (lately we used biplanar probe).
  • (5) Placing the collection bag at the base of the machine provided excellent plasma removal rates with only minimal blood flows.
  • (6) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
  • (7) Six leukocyte-rich platelet concentrates (mean, 0.6 X 10(9) white cells per bag; range, 0.3 to 1.0 X 10(9) per container) were prepared by removing as much of the platelet-rich plasma from blood as possible.
  • (8) Eventually I was given a bag with my name on it, containing my jacket, wallet, and camera equipment.
  • (9) It is possible that in a similar future case, discontinuance of dextran infusion and administration of a single bolus of 12 bags of cryoprecipitate may be adequate treatment.
  • (10) The accuracy and reliability of the new system were checked by comparison with the traditional (Douglas bag) method.
  • (11) Presentation of a new case of polyorchism, its first clinical evidence being a picture o acute scrotal bag requiring surgical examination.
  • (12) "And secondly, there will also be help with sand bags, which could help prevent further flooding."
  • (13) Dynamic and static nuclear bag fibres are shown to correspond with 'bag1 fibres' and 'bag2 fibres', respectively (Ovalle & Smith, 1972).
  • (14) In contrast, bilateral lesions of all cerebral ganglion peripheral nerves did not abolish spontaneous egg laying, suggesting that sensory input to the cerebral ganglion is not necessary for activating the bag cells.
  • (15) But volcanic liberation has never really been his bag.
  • (16) "I suddenly became aware of my own colour and the way I was looked at, carrying a bag on a train.
  • (17) You will also need to find alternative disposable bags for shops to stock while people get into the habit of bringing their own bag, however, and for when they forget.
  • (18) An average of 241,273 viewers gathered round the television (hospital bed) clutching the remote (bag of grapes) staring at the small screen (out of the window).
  • (19) In addition, the bag does not abrade or desiccate the bowel, potentially reducing serosal injury and adhesion formation.
  • (20) Burst augmentation of R15 induced by bag-cell afterdischarge did not cause detectable changes in the phosphorylation of the major proteins we examined.

Baggage


Definition:

  • (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
  • (n.) The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.
  • (n.) Purulent matter.
  • (n.) Trashy talk.
  • (n.) A man of bad character.
  • (n.) A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
  • (n.) A romping, saucy girl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "We are very sorry if customers have not received their baggage and we will reunite them as quickly as possible."
  • (2) Cafferkey and her colleagues were cleared to go through to the baggage area but Cafferkey later returned to the screening area after a doctor in their volunteer group raised concerns.
  • (3) If he makes the move from NYPD commissioner to Homeland Security secretary, Kelly will carry with him to Washington some very hefty baggage.
  • (4) Passengers have been flying from Gatwick without their luggage after a breakdown in the airport’s baggage system delayed check-ins and caused chaos in terminals.
  • (5) But Souness would be carrying plenty of baggage back to Ewood Park and today he confirmed he had not been approached.
  • (6) The given reasons included health and safety, avoiding excessive queues in arrivals halls and baggage crises, and potential delays in flight schedules.
  • (7) Baggage handling systems were also affected: some passengers who did manage to get on the small number of flights to take off from the UK reported reaching their destinations without their luggage.
  • (8) But if it was anything more than that we would tell you politely to go away.” He said Ryanair had spent the year eliminating a lot of the policies passengers did not like, allowing more carry-on baggage, allocated seating and cutting punitive charges.
  • (9) As a result it is much more relaxing than airports where you feel like a piece of baggage on its way to the carousel.
  • (10) The Liberals made attack ads targeting Shorten’s “weakness” and Labor’s “baggage”.
  • (11) His view is that an Englishman should have the role and he dislikes the baggage that goes with the job.
  • (12) Kiarostami opted for Japan because it felt far away, neither Muslim nor western; a fresh adventure with no baggage attached.
  • (13) Fabienne Vansteenkiste , Belgium, 51 Vansteenkiste worked for the baggage team at Brussels airport.
  • (14) She inspires people Ian Murray “I just think she has been a good deputy leader; I think she’s fresh, she doesn’t carry any baggage of the past,” Murray said.
  • (15) One tweeted: "Great holiday but sour taste after the debacle in baggage reclaim last night.
  • (16) The Fianna Fáil identity may be all about history, but – as a folksy party of the pragmatic right – it has none of the ideological baggage that weighs Labour down in the UK.
  • (17) The third man caught on airport security cameras, wearing a cream jacket and pushing a baggage trolley into the departures hall alongside Laachraoui and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, is now the subject of a manhunt.
  • (18) Baggage The airline has also pledged to reunite passengers with their baggage via courier free of charge.
  • (19) After sitting on the tarmac for an hour and a half, we disembarked.” It came a day after passengers at Gatwick airport faced chaotic scenes and long queues due to a baggage system problem.
  • (20) Instead, the Los Angeles Clippers can now be an actual basketball team, without the baggage of their soon-to-be-former owner.

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