alcoholic beverage vs hard drink

hard drink vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage and hard drink both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcoholic beverage	Yes	No	No	No
hard drink	Yes	No	No	No

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

alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
hard drink: 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 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)	hard drink (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 hard drink

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