Main Difference
The main difference between Bowl and Cup is that the Bowl is a round, open-top container frequently used as tableware and Cup is a vessel intended for an individual to use for drinking wine, water, or other beverage.
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Bowl
A bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve. This makes bowls especially suited for holding liquids and loose food, as the contents of the bowl are naturally concentrated in its center by the force of gravity. The exterior of a bowl is most often round, but can be of any shape, including rectangular.
The size of bowls varies from small bowls used to hold a single serving of food to large bowls, such as punch bowls or salad bowls, that are often used to hold or store more than one portion of food. There is some overlap between bowls, cups and plates. Very small bowls, such as the tea bowl, are often called cups, while plates with especially deep wells are often called bowls.
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Cup
A cup is a small container used for drinking and carrying drinks. It can be made of wood, plastic, glass, clay, metal, stone, china or other materials, and it might have a stem, handles or other adornments. Cups are used for quenching thirst across a wide range of cultures and social classes, and different styles of cups may be used for different liquids or in different situations.Cups have been used for thousands of years for the purpose of carrying food and drink, as well as for decoration. They are mostly used for drinking, though. They are used in certain cultural rituals and to hold objects not intended for drinking such as coins.
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Bowl (noun)
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
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Bowl (noun)
As much as is held by a bowl.
“You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.”
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Bowl (noun)
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
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Bowl (noun)
The round hollow part of anything.
“Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.”
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Bowl (noun)
The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
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Bowl (noun)
A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
“Let’s smoke a bowl!”
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Bowl (noun)
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
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Bowl (noun)
An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
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Bowl (noun)
A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
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Bowl (noun)
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
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Bowl (noun)
The action of bowling a ball.
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Bowl (noun)
The game of bowls.
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Bowl (verb)
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
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Bowl (verb)
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
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Bowl (verb)
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
“We were bowled rapidly along the road.”
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Bowl (verb)
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Cup (noun)
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.”
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Cup (noun)
The contents of said vessel; a cupful.
“I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.”
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Cup (noun)
A customary unit of measure
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Cup (noun)
A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
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Cup (noun)
A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
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Cup (noun)
A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
“The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.”
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Cup (noun)
A contest for which a cup is awarded.
“The World Cup is the world’s most widely watched sporting event.”
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Cup (noun)
The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
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Cup (noun)
A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
“The ball just misses the cup.”
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Cup (noun)
Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
“cider cup; gin cup; claret cup”
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Cup (noun)
A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
“Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.”
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Cup (noun)
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.”
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Cup (noun)
The symbol cup denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
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Cup (noun)
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
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Cup (noun)
(defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
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Cup (noun)
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
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Cup (noun)
Anything shaped like a cup.
“the cup of an acorn”
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Cup (noun)
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
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Cup (noun)
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
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Cup (verb)
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
“Cup your hands and I’ll pour some rice into them.”
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Cup (verb)
To hold something in cupped hands.
“He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.”
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Cup (verb)
To supply with cups of wine.
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Cup (verb)
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
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Cup (verb)
To make concave or in the form of a cup.
“to cup the end of a screw”
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Bowl (noun)
a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid
“a mixing bowl”
“a sugar bowl”
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Bowl (noun)
the contents of a bowl
“they ate huge bowls of steaming spaghetti”
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Bowl (noun)
a decorative round dish awarded as a prize in a competition
“the McGeorge Rose Bowl”
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Bowl (noun)
a rounded, concave part of an object
“the bowl of a spoon”
“a toilet bowl”
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Bowl (noun)
a pipe used to smoke marijuana, or the contents of such a pipe
“hey, you wanna smoke a bowl with us?”
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Bowl (noun)
a natural basin.
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Bowl (noun)
a stadium for sporting or musical events
“the Hollywood Bowl”
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Bowl (noun)
an American football game played after the regular season between leading teams
“their last four bowl games”
“Pro Bowl”
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Bowl (noun)
a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.
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Bowl (noun)
a large ball with indentations for gripping, used in tenpin bowling.
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Bowl (noun)
a wooden ball or disc used in playing skittles.
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Bowl (noun)
a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.
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Bowl (verb)
roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground
“she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her”
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Bowl (verb)
(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once
“Sobers bowled to Willis”
“Lillee bowled another bouncer”
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Bowl (verb)
dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with the ball which one has bowled
“Stewart was bowled for 33”
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Bowl (verb)
get an entire team out
“they bowled Lancashire out for 143”
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Bowl (verb)
move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction
“they bowled along the country roads”
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Cup (noun)
a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.
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Cup (noun)
the contents of a cup
“a cup of tea”
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Cup (noun)
a measure of capacity used in cooking, equal to half a US pint (0.237 litre)
“a cup of butter”
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Cup (noun)
(in church use) a chalice used at the Eucharist
“Latin was replaced by the vernacular, and the cup was offered to the laity”
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Cup (noun)
one of the suits in a tarot pack.
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Cup (noun)
an ornamental trophy in the form of a cup, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest.
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Cup (noun)
a contest in which the winners are awarded a cup
“playing in the Cup is the best thing ever”
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Cup (noun)
a cup-shaped thing.
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Cup (noun)
either of the two parts of a bra shaped to contain or support one breast
“she had grown from an A to a C cup in just six months”
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Cup (noun)
the hole on a putting green, or the metal container in it
“the ball bounced out of the cup”
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Cup (noun)
a mixed drink made from fruit juices and typically containing wine or cider
“the bars offered large glasses of white wine cup”
“a non-alcoholic fruit cup”
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Cup (verb)
form (one’s hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup
“‘Hey!’ Dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth”
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Cup (verb)
place the curved hand or hands around
“he cupped her face in his hands”
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Cup (verb)
bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating
“Dr Ross ordered me to be cupped”