- There really is no difference. Purse and handbag are mostly
interchangeable. Handbag is most often used by the industry, purse is
used by ordinary people. There's also a certain amount of regionalism to
the words, some areas prefer one over the other. Also, age factors into
the use of the words. Old women tend to use neither purse nor handbag
and often use the word "pocketbook" to confuse matters. Whatever you
word you use, most people will know what you are talking about.
So parochial. In the rest of the world a purse is for carrying money
and cards. A handbag is an often capacious cloth or leather(ette)
receptacle that holds not only a purse but also the other mysterious
paraphernalia that women insist on unnecessarily toting around
everywhere.
Answer:Purses are smaller than handbags.
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