potable vs coffee

coffee vs potable

potable and coffee both are nouns.

potable is an adjective but coffee is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
potable	Yes	Yes	No	No
coffee	Yes	No	No	No

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

potable: any liquid suitable for drinking
coffee: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

Other hyponyms of potable include milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, 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, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water, horchata, parahoma.

potable (noun)	coffee (noun)
any liquid suitable for drinking	a medium brown to dark-brown color
	a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
	a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
	any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans

potable (adjective)	coffee (adjective)
suitable for drinking

Difference between potable and coffee

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