alcoholic beverage vs John Barleycorn

John Barleycorn vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage and John Barleycorn both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcoholic beverage	Yes	No	No	No
John Barleycorn	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, John Barleycorn is a hyponym of alcoholic beverage; that is, John Barleycorn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alcoholic beverage:

alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
John Barleycorn: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Other hyponyms of alcoholic beverage include proof spirit, home brew, homebrew, hooch, hootch, kava, kavakava, aperitif, brew, brewage, rice beer, sake, saki, nipa, vino, wine, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, liquor, spirits, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, cordial, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

alcoholic beverage (noun)	John Barleycorn (noun)
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Difference between alcoholic beverage and John Barleycorn

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