potable vs alcoholic beverage

alcoholic beverage vs potable

potable and alcoholic beverage both are nouns.

potable is an adjective but alcoholic beverage is not an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of potable include milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic drink, 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.

potable (noun)	alcoholic beverage (noun)
any liquid suitable for drinking	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

potable (adjective)	alcoholic beverage (adjective)
suitable for drinking

Difference between potable and alcoholic beverage

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