alcoholic beverage vs booze

booze vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage and booze both are nouns.

alcoholic beverage is not a verb while booze is a verb.

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

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

alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
booze: 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, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, cordial, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

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

alcoholic beverage (verb)	booze (verb)
	consume alcohol

Difference between alcoholic beverage and booze

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