alcoholic drink vs liqueur

liqueur vs alcoholic drink

alcoholic drink and liqueur both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcoholic drink	Yes	No	No	No
liqueur	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of alcoholic drink 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, cordial, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

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

Difference between alcoholic drink and liqueur

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