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ethyl alcohol vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage vs ethyl alcohol

ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ethyl alcohol Yes No No No
alcoholic beverage Yes No No No
As nouns, alcoholic beverage is a hypernym of ethyl alcohol; that is, alcoholic beverage is a word with a broader meaning than ethyl alcohol:
  • ethyl alcohol: nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
  • alcoholic beverage: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
Other hypernyms of ethyl alcohol include alcohol, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant.
ethyl alcohol (noun) alcoholic beverage (noun)
nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
Difference between ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverage

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