Basket vs. Bucket

Basket vs. Bucket — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Basket and Bucket

Basketnoun

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.

Bucketnoun

A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

Basketnoun

A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.

Bucketnoun

The amount held in this container.

The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

Basketnoun

In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.

Bucketnoun

A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

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Basketnoun

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

The point guard drove toward the basket.

Bucketnoun

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

Basketnoun

(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.

The last-second basket sealed the victory.

Bucketnoun

(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

Basketnoun

The game of basketball.

Let's play some basket.

Bucketnoun

The basket.

The forward drove to the bucket.
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Basketnoun

A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the mens' shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.

Bucketnoun

A field goal.

We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

Basketnoun

The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.

Bucketnoun

(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

Basketnoun

(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.

Bucketnoun

(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

Basketnoun

(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.

Bucketnoun

A large amount of liquid.

It rained buckets yesterday.I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.

Basketnoun

A singlestick with a basket hilt.

Bucketnoun

A bucket bag.

Basketnoun

(ballooning) Where the pilot and passengers are.

Bucketnoun

The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

Basketnoun

(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Bucketnoun

The pitcher in certain orchids.

Basketnoun

Bastard.

Wait till I catch you, you little basket!

Bucketverb

(transitive) To place inside a bucket.

Basketverb

To place in a basket or in baskets.

Bucketverb

(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

to bucket water

Basketnoun

a container that is usually woven and has handles

Bucketverb

To rain heavily.

Basketnoun

the quantity contained in a basket

Bucketverb

To travel very quickly.

Basketnoun

horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Bucketverb

To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

Basketnoun

a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Bucketverb

(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

Bucketverb

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

Bucketnoun

a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top

Bucketnoun

the quantity contained in a bucket

Bucketverb

put into a bucket

Bucketverb

carry in a bucket