beverage vs alcoholic drink

alcoholic drink vs beverage

beverage and alcoholic drink both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of beverage include milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, 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 drink (noun)
any liquid suitable for drinking	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Difference between beverage and alcoholic drink

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