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Caffeine vs Alcohol - What's the difference?

caffeine | alcohol |

As nouns the difference between caffeine and alcohol

is that caffeine is an alkaloid, c8h10n4o2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system while alcohol is .

caffeine

English

Alternative forms

* caffein

Noun

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  • An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system.

    • See also

    * ("caffeine" on Wikipedia) English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

    alcohol

    English

    (wikipedia 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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

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    Derived terms

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

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