cocktail vs sour

sour vs cocktail

cocktail and sour both are nouns.

cocktail is not an adjective while sour is an adjective.

cocktail is not a verb while sour is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cocktail	Yes	No	No	No
sour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

cocktail: a short mixed drink
sour: a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

Other hyponyms of cocktail include Bloody Mary, bullshot, daiquiri, rum cocktail, gimlet, grasshopper, Harvey Wallbanger, manhattan, margarita, martini, gin and it, old fashioned, pink lady, Sazerac, screwdriver, sidecar, stinger, planter's punch, White Russian, morangoska, caipiblack.

cocktail (noun)	sour (noun)
a short mixed drink	the property of being acidic
an appetizer served as a first course at a meal	the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
	a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

cocktail (adjective)	sour (adjective)
	having a sharp biting taste
	showing a brooding ill humor
	inaccurate in pitch
	smelling of fermentation or staleness
	in an unpalatable state
	one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

cocktail (verb)	sour (verb)
	go sour or spoil
	make sour or more sour

Difference between cocktail and sour

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