Wallet vs. Purse

Walletnoun

A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

Walletnoun

A person's bank account or assets.

Walletnoun

A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

Walletnoun

(archaic) A bag or pouch.

Walletnoun

(slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

Walletnoun

A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.

Walletnoun

A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

Walletnoun

Anything protuberant and swagging.

Walletnoun

a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

Wallet

A wallet is a small, flat case or pouch that can be used to carry such small personal items as paper currency, credit cards, and identification documents (driver's license, identification card, club card, etc.), photographs, transit pass, business cards and other paper or laminated cards. Wallets are generally made of leather or fabrics, and they are usually pocket-sized and foldable.

Pursenoun

A small bag for carrying money.

Pursenoun

(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

Pursenoun

A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

Pursenoun

(historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

Purseverb

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

Purseverb

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.

Purseverb

To put into a purse.

Purseverb

To steal purses; to rob.

Pursenoun

A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

Pursenoun

Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

Pursenoun

A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

Pursenoun

A specific sum of money

Purseverb

To put into a purse.

Purseverb

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

Purseverb

To steal purses; to rob.

Pursenoun

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

Pursenoun

a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse;

Pursenoun

a small bag for carrying money

Pursenoun

a sum of money offered as a prize;

Purseverb

contract one's lips into a rounded shape

Purseverb

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker;