What's the difference between purse and wallet?

Purse


Definition:

  • (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
  • (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
  • (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
  • (n.) A specific sum of money
  • (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
  • (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
  • (v. t.) To put into a purse.
  • (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
  • (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Initial analysis suggests that about one-fifth of gross costs would be directly returned to the public purse via income tax and national insurance payments.
  • (2) Postoperative urodynamic studies have shown maximum capacity of 750 ml and the area of continence to be at the ileocecal valve where the purse-string sutures are placed.
  • (3) The technique involves the use of an extra-long sheath for filter placement and the application of a purse-string suture at the venipuncture site to facilitate hemostasis.
  • (4) In the interview, he similarly suggested he was willing to give the president leeway within Congress’ rights to reject nominees and control the White House’s purse.
  • (5) The public purse was helped by a 3.7% increase in tax receipts against a backdrop of economic growth and falling unemployment.
  • (6) Arsenal at Stoke has become one of the set pieces of Premier League football, a fixture almost certain to leave Wenger with pursed lips even if Tony Pulis and his rugby tactics have been replaced by Mark "over-physical, moi?"
  • (7) Subjects were placed alone in a room where purposeful oral activity such as eating, talking and smoking was not permitted, while activity such as pursing the lips sucking on cheeks, grimaces etc was measured by a specially designed electromyometer.
  • (8) They told Gutiérrez to gather what belonged to her - her clothes, her purse, her little boy - and come with them.
  • (9) Our presence underwrites the multi-use legacy of the stadium and our contribution alone will pay back more than the cost of building and converting the stadium over the course of our tenancy.” West Ham added in a later statement: “The worldwide draw of hosting the most popular and watched football league in the world in such an iconic venue will add value to any sponsorship and commercial agreements related to the stadium, which the public purse stands to further benefit from.
  • (10) The responses to salty, sour, and bitter solutions shared the same hedonically negative upper- and midface components but differed in the accompanying lower-face actions: lip pursing in response to sour and mouth gaping in response to bitter.
  • (11) There were three distinct groups of operative techniques: (1) the purse-string technique in 40 patellectomies; (2) the vastus medialis technique in 24 patellectomies; (3) other techniques in 49 patellectomies.
  • (12) Unfortunately this will perpetuate the myth that loosening central bank purse strings is the answer, when that acts less like a bazooka and more like a popgun.
  • (13) For those who didn't know: academics, funded mostly by the public purse, pay for the production and dissemination of papers; but for historical reasons, these are published by private organisations that charge around $30 (£18.50) per paper, keeping out any reader who doesn't have access through their institution.
  • (14) There may be technical difficulties in the use of recommended clamp for the insertion of the purse-string suture during the construction of an end-to-end staple anastomosis.
  • (15) City analysts said Prudential's aim to tap investors in the coming two months follows huge demands on the purse strings of investors who have been asked to back fundraisings by London-listed companies worth almost £60bn over two years.
  • (16) This work shows our personal technique for performing esophagoenterostomy, especially in the thoracic area, using the new CEEA stapler (Autosuture) without esophageal purse-string sutures.
  • (17) In the end, said Green, “the essence of the case is about whether it is lawful for states to prevent the tobacco industry from continuing to make profits by using their trademarks and other rights to further what the World Health Organisation describes as a health crisis of epidemic proportions and which imposes an immense cleanup cost on the public purse.
  • (18) That has the advantage for the Conservatives of taking the burden of the hungry off the public purse, shrinking the state and preparing the poor for a harsher labour market in the process.
  • (19) Just as Banksy causes collateral damage to the neatness of walls, so Amazon's masterpiece is a defacement of the public purse.
  • (20) "It is vital that local health bodies and local councils look carefully at the guidance as it clearly sets out how, in the long run, investing in support for adults with autism will save money to the public purse," the National Autistic Society stresses.

Wallet


Definition:

  • (n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
  • (n.) A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
  • (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "For a few it will feel like having your wallet nicked with the mugger then handing you a few bob back to buy a pint.
  • (2) Eventually I was given a bag with my name on it, containing my jacket, wallet, and camera equipment.
  • (3) The #putyourwalletsout phrase was coined by Sydney-based Twitter user Steve Lopez, who accompanied it with a photo of his wallet.
  • (4) Each note is like a little illuminated manuscript in your wallet.
  • (5) Karpeles says that the money, discovered on 7 March, was moved first to online wallets, and then back to an offline wallet between 14-15 March.
  • (6) No relation to Ann Widdecombe 1 Advent calendar Receiving it on Christmas Day makes me 100% confident I won't be facing the disappointment of finishing it too early 2 Nog I don't like eggs but I love a bit of eggnog, think how good nog would be without the eggs holding it back 3 WH Smith's voucher Keep in my wallet for guilt free hours of magazine browsing all year round 4 Quality Street Always have a present you can instantly re-wrap and give to someone else 5 Bath bomb Take cover!
  • (7) What they do have is “bounce-backability” when you take them out of a wallet.
  • (8) These are then stored in a "wallet", which functions as a sort of online bank account.
  • (9) Maybe if they knew that paying higher prices meant wages would rise and employment contracts would be more secure, they would open their wallets.
  • (10) Neither Google Wallet nor Softcard has achieved significant uptake among users or retailers – and all eyes will be on Apple to see whether its initiative stalls, or takes off.
  • (11) The annual battle to win the hearts and wallets of Christmas shoppers will see UK companies spend more than £1.5bn on advertising campaigns.
  • (12) The statement said a search of one gang member’s house unearthed a red duffel bag with an Italian flag that contained Regeni’s student cards, credit cards, mobile phones and a brown wallet with his passport in, as well as a second wallet emblazoned with the word “love” and other personal effects such as sunglasses.
  • (13) It's not a rowdy place – think the cocktail cognoscenti trading tales over Rolling Stones classics – so come to expand your palate (but squeeze your wallet!).
  • (14) In Moscow, Bank Rossiya is known as “Putin’s wallet” .
  • (15) Cook told fans afterwards: “We are not kidding, that just happened.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest iPhone 6 to feature mobile wallet
  • (16) He is attempting to pay back customers who had stored more than 1 BTC (currently worth around $330) from his own personal account, as well as from the coins Inputs.io had in "cold storage" – a wallet not connected to the internet.
  • (17) Released in the US in 2011, the Google Wallet limps on but a planned expansion to the UK was cancelled.
  • (18) The Bitcoin Foundation, the non-profit devoted to development and promotion of the currency, says that “any company dealing with Bitcoin transactions [which has] coded their own wallet software should responsibly prepare for this possibility”.
  • (19) The high street has suffered a painful contraction as the prolonged recession ate into consumers' wallets.
  • (20) Australia’s three million smokers are speaking with their wallets and literally walking into their local retailers and asking for the cheapest pack on the shelves.” Overnight, the British House of Commons voted to adopt similar legislation by 367 votes to 113.