beverage vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage vs beverage

beverage and alcoholic beverage both are nouns.

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

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

beverage: any liquid suitable for drinking
alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hyponyms of beverage include milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer, ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz, cider, cyder, chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate, fruit crush, fruit juice, ade, fruit drink, mate, soft drink, coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water, horchata, parahoma.

beverage (noun)	alcoholic beverage (noun)
any liquid suitable for drinking	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Difference between beverage and alcoholic beverage

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