alcoholic drink vs spirits

spirits vs alcoholic drink

alcoholic drink and spirits both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

Difference between alcoholic drink and spirits

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