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ale | wine |

As nouns the difference between ale and wine

is that ale is an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops while wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.

As a verb wine is

to entertain with wine.

ale

English

Noun

  • An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  • Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.
  • A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
  • Synonyms

    * (liquor) beer (loosely), yill

    Derived terms

    () * alehouse * alewife * ginger ale * pale ale * real ale

    Anagrams

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    wine

    English

    (wikipedia wine)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages'', s.v. “v?num” (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 680.J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. “wine” (London: Fritzroy Dearborn, 1997), 644.

    Noun

  • An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.
  • Wine is stronger than beer.
    She ordered some wine for the meal.
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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  • An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".
  • (countable) A serving of wine.
  • I'd like three beers and two wines , please.
  • (uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.
  • Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * Adam's wine * barley wine * blush wine * bottle of wine * bread and wine * dessert wine * fortified wine * ginger wine * good wine needs no bush * house wine * ice wine * jug wine * May wine * palm wine * palm wine guitar * pop wine * port-wine stain * put new wine in old bottles * red wine * * sparkling wine * spirits of wine * straw wine * table wine * white wine * wine and dine * wine bar * wine bottle * wine cellar * wine cooler * wine gallon * wine glass * wine grower * wine growing * wine list * wine palm * wine vinegar * wine waiter * * winebery * winebibber * winebibbing * winebottle * wine-coloured * wineery * wineglass * winegrower * wine-press * wineskin * winetaster * winetasting * winy * yellow wine

    Verb

    (win)
  • To entertain with wine.
  • * 1919 , Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat , Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:
  • Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;
  • To drink wine.
  • * 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker
  • I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined , and went to bed sobbing.

    References

    See also

    * * amethyst * beeswing * bourguignonne * brandy * butler * cantina * claret * coq au vin * eiswein * enology, oenology * enophile, oenophile * envined * gluhwein * kabinett * mosbolletjie * negus * oenomel * surahi * vinaceous * vinager * vinal * Vinalia * vina medicata * vinarious * vinasse * vin de pays * vindaloo * vine * vinegar * vineity * vinho verde * vini- * vinic * viniculture * vinifera, vinifera grape * viniferous * vinification * vinificator * vinify * vinipote * vinitor * vinitorian * vino * vino- * vinolence, vinolency * vinolent * vinologist * vinology * vinomadefied * vinometer * vin ordinaire * vinose * vinosity * vinotherapy * vinous * * vin rouge * vinsanto * vintage * vintner * vintry * vinum * vinum opii * vinyl * See also Related terms for vine * amontillado * Asti spumante * auslese * Bacchus * Barolo * Barsac * Beaujolais * Beaumes-de-Venise * Beerenauslese * bin end * Bordeaux * burgundy * cabernet sauvignon * canary * Catawba * cava * Chablis * champagne * chaptalize * chardonnay * Chianti * corkage * * cru * * demijohn * Dionysus * double magnum * Frascati * gamay * * glogg * Graves * hippocras * jeroboam * kir * krater * Lambrusco * LBV * lees * Liebfraumilch * malmsey * Marsala * merlot * Methuselah * Meursault * mirin * Moselle * Muscadet * muscatel * Orvieto * Pinot Grigio * Pinot Noir * pinotage * rehoboam * retsina * riesling * Rioja * sangaree * sangria * sauterne * Sauvignon blanc * scuppernong * * sherry * Soave * sommelier * * spritzer * * syrah * Tavel * Tokay * trockenbeerenauslese * tun * Valpolicella * vermouth * vigneron * Vouvray * zinfandel

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard, British) wind
  • * 1850 , James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century :
  • Vor voices rawze upon tha wine
  • * 1869 , James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire :
  • Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens
  • *:: When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine .
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