alcohol vs alcoholic beverage

alcohol and alcoholic beverage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcohol	Yes	No	No	No
alcoholic beverage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alcohol and alcoholic beverage are synonyms defined as:

alcohol and alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other synonyms of alcohol include alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant.

alcohol (noun)	alcoholic beverage (noun)
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation