I really don't know and want to know which is which. I always thought a carton was something with a lid, but cartons of cigarettes are really boxes.
2007-03-25 14:49:06 · 10 answers · asked by thkitkat36 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
A box can be made of any cardboard or wood.
A carton is made of corrugated cardboard.
2007-03-27 07:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Box Carton
2016-10-31 14:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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They're essentially the same thing now. But once upon a time, a box was the term used for a container made of wood. Cartone is Italian for pasteboard, and cartons are almost always made of cardboard. These days though both are often made from cardboard so the terms just kind of blended together. Sometimes a carton (say, of cigarettes) will contain several boxes, sometimes the other way 'round -- it all depends on who fills the box.
2016-04-11 06:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A box is an empty container while a carton has spaces for the contents inside. A carton of eggs holds each individual eggs, a carton of cigerettes holds many packs, but a box is always just a square with no individual spaces at all.
2007-03-25 14:56:16 · answer #4 · answered by page starshiine.™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A box is an empty container while a carton has spaces for the contents inside. A carton of eggs holds each individual eggs, a carton of cigerettes holds many packs, but a box is always just a square with no individual spaces at all.
2007-03-25 14:53:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a box is smaller than a carton. You mentioned cigarettes, there are 10 packs in a carton. Cartons are usually heavy and hold lots.
2007-03-25 14:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by kk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the moving industry, a box is made of wood and is completely enclosed (if it has slat sides its a crate). A carton is completely enclosed and made of corrugated cardboard.
2007-03-25 15:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by gosh137 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be the same. A pancake is a flapjack or a hotcake. A frying pan is a skillet. Etc. Just different names for the same thing. The word to use just depends on the part of the country or region you live in.
2007-03-25 14:53:37 · answer #8 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cartons hold boxes and/or are compartmentalized.
2007-03-25 14:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg i was just about say something and it occurs on me your right they are pretty much the same thing :|v wow
2007-03-25 14:52:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋