liquid vs H2O

liquid and H2O both are nouns.

liquid is an adjective but H2O is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liquid	Yes	Yes	No	No
H2O	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, H2O is a hyponym of liquid; that is, H2O is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than liquid:

liquid: fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
H2O: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

Other hyponyms of liquid include artificial blood, elixir, water, extravasation, instillation, liquid crystal, spill, tuberculin.

liquid (noun)	H2O (noun)
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')	binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

liquid (adjective)	H2O (adjective)
existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
changed from a solid to a liquid state
clear and bright
in cash or easily convertible to cash
smooth and unconstrained in movement
smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
filled or brimming with tears

Difference between liquid and H2O

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