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Beverage vs Bottlo - What's the difference?

beverage | bottlo |

As nouns the difference between beverage and bottlo

is that beverage is a liquid to consume, usually excluding water; a drink this may include tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks while bottlo is (australia|informal|obsolete) a door-to-door trader in used bottles.

beverage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A liquid to consume, usually excluding water; a drink. This may include tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks.
  • * Thomson
    • He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
  • (slang, archaic) A treat, or drink money.

    • Usage notes

    More elevated than plainer (m). Beverage is of French origin, while is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see (list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations).

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    * ----

    bottlo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bottle-o

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, informal, obsolete) A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
  • (Australia, NZ, informal) A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.
  • * 2008 , , Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives , Volume 13, page 3169,
    • My local bottlo tells me that the sales of ready-to-drinks have slightly decreased but there has been a sharp increase in the sale of 750-millilitre bottles of straight spirits.

    Synonyms

    * (shop that sells liquor) bottle shop, liquor store, off-licence

    Anagrams

    * blotto