Cup vs. Mug
Difference Between Cup and Mug
Cupnoun
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.Mugadjective
(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
Cupnoun
The contents of said vessel; a cupful.
I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.Mugnoun
A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
Cupnoun
A customary unit of measure
Mugnoun
(slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
What an ugly mug.Cupnoun
(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
Mugnoun
A gullible or easily-cheated person.
He’s a gullible mug – he believed her again.Cupnoun
(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
Mugnoun
A stupid or contemptible person.
Cupnoun
A British unit of measure equal to 0.5 imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300mL.
Mugnoun
Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
Cupnoun
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.Mugverb
To strike in the face.
Cupnoun
A contest for which a cup is awarded.
The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.Mugverb
(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
Cupnoun
(association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
Mugverb
(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.
The children weren't interested in sitting still for a serious photo; they mugged for the camera.Cupnoun
(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
The ball just misses the cup.Mugverb
(transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
Cupnoun
(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
cider cup; gin cup; claret cupMugverb
To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
Cupnoun
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.Mugnoun
the quantity that can be held in a mug
Cupnoun
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.Mugnoun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Cupnoun
(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
Mugnoun
the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
Cupnoun
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
Mugnoun
with handle and usually cylindrical
Cupnoun
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
Mugverb
rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence;
I was mugged in the streets of New York last nightCupnoun
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
Cupnoun
Anything shaped like a cup.
the cup of an acornCupnoun
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cupnoun
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Cupverb
(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.Cupverb
(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.Cupverb
To supply with cups of wine.
Cupverb
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
Cupverb
To make concave or in the form of a cup.
to cup the end of a screwCupnoun
a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
Cupnoun
the quantity a cup will hold;
he drank a cup of coffeehe borrowed a cup of sugarCupnoun
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle;
he put the cup back in the saucerthe handle of the cup was missingCupnoun
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 caseCupnoun
any cup-shaped concavity;
bees filled the waxen cups with honeyhe wore a jock strap with a metal cupthe cup of her braCupnoun
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled awayput the flag back in the cupCupnoun
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
Cupnoun
cup-shaped plant organ
Cupverb
form into the shape of a cup;
She cupped her handsCupverb
put into a cup;
cup the milkCupverb
treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
