Packet vs. Sachet

By Jaxson

  • Sachet

    A sachet is a small cloth scented 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 sachet can be defined as a small soft bag containing perfumed or sweet-smelling items also referred to as an ascent bag, scent bag, sweet bag, sachet bag, sachet de senteurs, spiced sachet, potpourri sachet, scented sachet, perfume cushion, smelling cushion, scented cushion, fragrant bag, pomander and “dream pillow.”

Wikipedia
  • Packet (noun)

    A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

    “Don’t throw the crisp packet on the floor!”

    “a packet of letters”

    “a packet of crisps”

    “a packet of biscuits”

  • Packet (noun)

    Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).

  • Packet (noun)

    A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.

  • Packet (noun)

    A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of Wikipedia).

  • Packet (noun)

    A plastic bag.

  • Packet (noun)

    A manbulge.

  • Packet (noun)

    A large amount of money.

    “It’ll cost a packet to fix this.””

  • Packet (verb)

    To make up into a packet or bundle.

  • Packet (verb)

    To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

  • Packet (verb)

    To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

  • Packet (verb)

    To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

  • Sachet (noun)

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

  • Sachet (noun)

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

  • Sachet (noun)

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

    “My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.”

Wiktionary
  • Sachet (noun)

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

    “a sachet of sugar”

  • Sachet (noun)

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

  • Sachet (noun)

    dried, scented material for use in scenting clothes.

Oxford Dictionary

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