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Cola vs Cider - What's the difference?

cola | cider |

As nouns the difference between cola and cider

is that cola is the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts while cider is an alcoholic, sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.

As a proper noun COLA

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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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    cider

    English

    (wikipedia cider)

    Noun

  • (British, Irish, Australia, NZ) An alcoholic, sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
  • (US) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the (usually unfiltered and still containing pulp) juice of early-harvest apples.
    • She liked an aged cider'''. He liked a harder '''cider .
  • (Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
  • A non-alcoholic drink, normally carbonated; equivalent to soft drink.
  • (countable) A cup, glass or serving of any of these beverages.

    • Synonyms

    * (alcoholic beverage) hard cider (US ) * sweet cider

    Derived terms

    * apple cider * cider-and * cider-apple * cider brandy * cider cart * cider-cellar * cider-cup * cider gum * cider-house * ciderish * ciderist * ciderkin * cider-man * cider-marc * cider-master * cider-mill * cider oil * cider press * cider punk * cider-pressings * cider royal * cider vinegar * cider-wring * cidery * dry cider * ice cider * hard cider * mulled cider * pear cider * sparkling apple cider * sparkling cider * sparkling ice cider * sweet cider * white cider

    See also

    * Calvados * perry * scrumpy

    Anagrams

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