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Cola vs Soda - What's the difference?

cola | soda |

As nouns the difference between cola and soda

is that cola is the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts while soda is sodium bicarbonate.

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.

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    soda

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate.
  • (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
  • (uncountable) Carbonated water (originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda , and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop , soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US)

    Derived terms

    * baking soda * bicarbonate of soda * caustic soda * club soda * cream soda * ice-cream soda * muriate of soda * hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda * nitrate of soda * soda-acid * soda ash * soda biscuit * soda bread * soda cellulose * soda counter * soda cracker * soda fountain * soda glass * sodaic * soda jerk * soda jerker * soda lake * soda-lime glass * sodalite * soda lye * sodamide * soda niter, soda nitre * soda paper * soda pop * soda prairie * soda process * soda pulp * soda siphon * soda waste * soda water * sodium * sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda * sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda * washing soda

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