different between knapsack vs satchel

English

Etymology

From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch.

Noun

knapsack (plural knapsacks)

1. (chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
2. (cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

Synonyms

• backpack
• rucksack

Translations

Verb

knapsack (third-person singular simple present knapsacks, present participle knapsacking, simple past and past participle knapsacked)

1. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.

   My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.

Synonyms

• backpack

See also

• backpacking
• camping
• hiking

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

English

Etymology

First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæt??l/
• Rhymes: -æt??l

Noun

satchel (plural satchels)

1. A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
   • "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.

Derived terms

• besatcheled (rare)

Related terms

• saccular
• saccule
• sachet
• sack

Translations

Anagrams

• Aletsch, Slechta, chalets, chestal, châlets, latches, scaleth, scathel

Middle English

Noun

satchel

1. Alternative form of sachel