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Alcohol vs Alcoholized - What's the difference?

alcohol | alcoholized |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between alcohol and alcoholized

is that alcohol is (obsolete) any very fine powder while alcoholized is (obsolete) reduced to a fine powder.

As a noun alcohol

is (organic chemistry|countable) any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-oh).

As a verb alcoholized is

(alcoholize).

As an adjective alcoholized is

saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol.

alcohol

Noun

  • (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
  • (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
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  • (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * -holic * -holism * -ol * alcohol abuse * alcoholic * alcoholism * low-alcohol * non-alcoholic * nonalcoholic

    References

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    alcoholized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (alcoholize)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol
  • rectified
  • (obsolete) reduced to a fine powder
  • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989