Sachet vs. Bag — What's the Difference?

Often used for sample sizes in promotions.

Used for carrying a variety of items.

Used for convenience in packaging.

A flexible container with an opening at the top.

A packet designed to preserve freshness.

Often reusable and durable.

A small sealed bag containing a single portion of product.

Sometimes designed for single uses, like shopping bags.

Typically difficult to recycle.

Can be sealed with zippers, snaps, or other fasteners.

A sachet is a small scented cloth bag filled with herbs, potpourri, or aromatic ingredients. A sachet is also a small porous bag or packet containing a material intended to interact with its atmosphere; for example, desiccants are usually packed in sachets which are then placed in larger packages.

A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands.

A small sealed bag or packet containing a small quantity of something

A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.

A small bag containing dried scented material such as lavender, used to scent clothes.

A handbag; a purse.

A small pouch containing an aromatic substance, used especially to scent clothes, as in trunks or closets.

A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.

Chiefly British See packet.

A pouchlike or sagging organ or part of the body, such as a cow's udder.

A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.

An object that resembles a pouch.

(cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.

(Nautical) The sagging or bulging part of a sail.

A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

The amount that a bag can hold.

A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.

An amount of game taken or legally permitted to be taken.

A small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest

(Baseball) A base.

(Slang) An area of interest or skill

(Slang) A woman considered ugly or unkempt.

To put into a bag

To cause to bulge like a pouch.

To capture or kill as game

To gain; acquire

To capture or arrest

To accomplish or achieve

To fail to attend purposely; skip

To stop doing or considering; abandon

To terminate the employment of.

To pack items in a bag.

To hang loosely

To swell out; bulge.

A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, and handbags.

(colloquial) One's preference.

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

A fellow gay man.

(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

(baseball) First, second, or third base.

(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.

A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.

The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.

A scrotum.

(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.

(slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.

£1000, a grand.

(informal) A large number or amount.

(transitive) To put into a bag.

(transitive) To take with oneself, to assume into one's score

(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

(slang) To steal.

(slang) To arrest.

(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.

To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

To fit with a bag to collect urine.

To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag

To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.

To hang like an empty bag.

To drop away from the correct course.

To become pregnant.

To forget, ignore, or get rid of.

To show particular puffy emotion

To swell with arrogance.

To laugh uncontrollably.

To criticise sarcastically.

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.

The quantity of game bagged.

A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.

To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

To swell with arrogance.

To become pregnant.

A flexible container with a single opening;

The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person);

Place that runner must touch before scoring;

A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

The quantity that a bag will hold;

A portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;

An ugly or ill-tempered woman;

Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

An activity that you like or at which you are superior;

Capture or kill, as in hunting;

Hang loosely, like an empty bag

Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

Take unlawfully

Put into a bag;

Sachets are used for packaging small, single-use quantities of products.

Typically, sachets are not designed for reuse due to their small size and the materials used.

Bags can be made from a variety of materials, including cloth, paper, and plastic.

Bags made from biodegradable or recyclable materials are environmentally friendly, especially if reused.

Sachets often contribute to plastic waste due to their single-use nature and materials that are difficult to recycle.

Not all bags are reusable; some, like single-use shopping bags, are intended for one-time use.

Bags come in many sizes, from small pouches to large sacks.

Sachets provide a low-cost option for distributing product samples to consumers.

Most sachets cannot be recycled due to the mixed materials and food contamination.

Bags are commonly used for carrying groceries or as storage for items.