pail or bucket

[Molly]

[Prezbucky]

My initial reaction is this (and, as such, is the incontrovertible truth):

A pail and a bucket are similar... but:

A pail carries sand

whereas

A bucket carries water

Also, a bucket may be said to be generally larger than a pail.
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[Prezbucky]

oh, and both may carry lunch... but given that both carry out that chore, it was hardly worth mentioning with regard to the differences between our challengers, Messieurs Pail und Bucket.
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[Mister Micawber]

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Thanks pails, PrezBucket!
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[Prezbucky]

here's something to ponder:

mairzy dotes and dozey dotes
and little lambsey divey
a kittleadivey too, wouldn't you?

Mares eat oats and does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy
A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

Dough, a bread, an infant bread
Ray, the one who sang the blues
Mi, the Spanish possessive I
Fa, one half of a season
So... so whachoo talking 'bout?
La, the graceful female the
Tee, the golfer's splintered pile
Which will bring ys back to

Doh! Bart!
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[Molly]

[Prezbucky]

LOL, MM and Molly!

:)
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[Haihao]

pailful of "buckets" and bucketful of "pails". :D

[Ashby169]

I live in the UK and we use the word 'bucket'. The word 'pail' has almost died out in Britain but pail is still used on a farm as in 'milk pail'
On the beach, American children may play with a 'pail and shovel' but in England they play with a 'bucket and spade'.
In Britain we take a 'lunch box' to work or school. Noboby here would use the expression 'lunch pail' or 'lunch bucket'.
Use of pail depends on dialect. Bucket is used much more generally.