✅ A container is anything that can contain something else, such as a box, tub, or crate (We put the rest of the food in a container).
✅ A vessel is something hollow that generally holds a liquid, such as a cup or vase (They used a wooden vessel to carry water from the stream).
✅ A vessel is usually made of a single piece of material, while a container is anything that can hold something, and generally has a lid (We had a lot of glass vessels in the lab; I borrowed a plastic container from my friend so that I could take soup to work).
✅ Vessel in this sense can sound old-fashioned as now it is used more often to mean a boat or ship. When you get right down to it, a ship is just a different kind of container!
You’ll need a large container for all these synonyms for vessel!
✅ Sell means to exchange goods for money, either in person or from a place of business (She decided to sell handmade cups and vases).
✅ Peddle often means to carry goods from place to place in order to sell them (She peddled her pottery at local markets).
✅ Sell is a more general word, whereas peddle suggests a specific way of doing business.
✅ Peddle can be used in a derogatory way, suggesting that the goods being sold are low quality, or that the seller is untrustworthy in some way. It can be used to get this point across even if the person described is not strictly peddling (The store started peddling cheap earphones).
We peddle synonyms here—check these out!
✅ Luck refers to success as a matter of chance (I have good luck with scratch tickets).
✅ Fortune refers to luck or chance, especially when it influences the course of your life (She had the good fortune to find a cheap house in a walkable neighborhood).
✅ Fortune generally suggests larger successes or failures that can influence major events in your life (We had bad luck with the clementines this week: they’re really bitter; Bad fortune had followed him for years).
✅ When used to refer to smaller successes or failures, or to suggest a run of good or bad luck, fortune can sound a bit formal or old-fashioned.
Here’s a bit of good fortune—we’ve got some synonyms for you!