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Coffee vs Cola - What's the difference?

coffee | cola |

As nouns the difference between coffee and cola

is that coffee is a beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water while cola is the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

As an adjective coffee

is of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

As a verb coffee

is to drink coffee.

As a proper noun COLA is

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coffee

English

(wikipedia coffee)

Noun

  • A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
  • *, II.5.1.v:
    • The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter.
  • *
  • *:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
  • *2008 , Agnes Poirier, The Guardian , 12 April:
  • *:As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.
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  • The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
  • A tropical plant of the genus Coffea .
  • (rft-sense) A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
  • :
  • The end of the meal—when coffee is usually served.
  • :

    • Synonyms

    * *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

    • Derived terms

    * black coffee * coffee-and * coffee bag * coffee bar * coffee bean * coffee break * coffee cake, coffeecake * coffee cup * coffee essense * coffee grinder * coffeehouse * coffee klatch, coffee klatsch * coffee machine * coffee maker, coffeemaker * coffee mill * coffee morning * coffee pot, coffeepot * coffee room * coffee royal * coffee rust * coffee shop * coffee spoon * coffee table * coffee-table book * coffee tree/coffeetree * drip coffee * filter coffee * Gaelic coffee * iced coffee * instant coffee * Irish coffee * Kentucky coffee tree * Turkish coffee * wake up and smell the coffee

    See also

    * arabica * cappuccino * * * cafeteria * * * * * coffea * decaf * demitasse * eccoccino * espresso * espresso breve * flat white * frappuccino * java * kaffeeklatsch * latte * long black * macchiato * mocha * mochaccino * robusta * short black * speedball * Tia Maria *

    Verb

  • To drink coffee.
  • * 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker
    • I rushed into my cabin, coffeed , wined, and went to bed sobbing.
  • * 2010 , Patrick Day, Too Late in the Afternoon: One Man's Triumph Over Depression
    • It was exactly 11 a.m. We had been coffeeing for one hour, and our coffee cups were empty.

    External links

    * The Origins of Coffe on Foodie’s Corner * Podictionary article on “coffee” including its relationship with wine * PBS documentary *Black Coffee, The Irresistable Bean. Discusses the origin of the word including the relationship with wine. Starts at 10:52 1000 English basic words

    cola

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a (etyl) language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known.

    Alternative forms

    * (the plant or nut) kola

    Noun

  • The kola plant, genus Cola , famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  • A beverage or a made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    See colon

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 2008 , Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai
    • In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

    Anagrams

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