Pail vs. Bucket

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.
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.
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 waterBucketverb
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