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Drinking vs Drinkable - What's the difference?

drinking | drinkable |

As nouns the difference between drinking and drinkable

is that drinking is an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages while drinkable is that which can be drunk.

As a verb drinking

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective drinkable is

safe to drink.

drinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
  • * 1853 , Susan Bogert Warner, The wide, wide world (page 372)
    • At home there were other studies and much reading; many tea drinkings on the lawn, and even breakfastings, which she thought pleasanter still.

    drinkable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of water) Safe to drink.
  • Of good or satisfactory quality.

    • Synonyms

    * (safe to drink) potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink * (of good or satisfactory quality)

    Antonyms

    * (safe to drink) impotable, undrinkable * (of good or satisfactory quality) undrinkable

    Coordinate terms

    * edible, eatable, comestible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in plural) That which can be drunk.