Alcohol vs Spirituous - What's the difference?
alcohol | spirituous |
(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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, title= (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
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Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol
(of an alcoholic drink) distilled
As a noun alcohol
is any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).As an adjective spirituous is
of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol.alcohol
English
(wikipedia alcohol)Noun
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}