liquid vs elixir

elixir vs liquid

liquid and elixir both are nouns.

liquid is an adjective but elixir is not an adjective.

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

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

liquid: fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
elixir: a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

Other hyponyms of liquid include artificial blood, H2O, water, extravasation, instillation, liquid crystal, spill, tuberculin.

liquid (noun)	elixir (noun)
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')	a substance believed to cure all ills
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility	a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume	hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

liquid (adjective)	elixir (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 elixir

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