Pail vs. Bucket

Pail vs. Bucket — Is There a Difference?
ADVERTISEMENT

Difference Between Pail and Bucket

Pailnoun

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.

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.

Pailnoun

(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Bucketnoun

The amount held in this container.

The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

Pailnoun

a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top

Bucketnoun

A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

ADVERTISEMENT

Pailnoun

the quantity contained in a pail

Bucketnoun

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

Bucketnoun

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

Bucketnoun

The basket.

The forward drove to the bucket.

Bucketnoun

A field goal.

We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

Bucketnoun

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

ADVERTISEMENT

Bucketnoun

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

Bucketnoun

A large amount of liquid.

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

Bucketnoun

A bucket bag.

Bucketnoun

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

Bucketnoun

The pitcher in certain orchids.

Bucketverb

(transitive) To place inside a bucket.

Bucketverb

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

to bucket water

Bucketverb

To rain heavily.

Bucketverb

To travel very quickly.

Bucketverb

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

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