alcoholic beverage vs cordial

cordial vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage and cordial both are nouns.

alcoholic beverage is not an adjective while cordial is an adjective.

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

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

alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
cordial: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

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, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

alcoholic beverage (noun)	cordial (noun)
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

alcoholic beverage (adjective)	cordial (adjective)
	diffusing warmth and friendliness
	politely warm and friendly
	sincerely or intensely felt

Difference between alcoholic beverage and cordial

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