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Alcohol vs Hooch - What's the difference?

alcohol | hooch |

As nouns the difference between alcohol and hooch

is that alcohol is while hooch is (north america|informal) alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky or hooch can be a thatched hut, chu, or any simple dwelling.

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.
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  • (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

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

    References

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    hooch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of Hootchinoo'', name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit ''Xutsnoowú ?wáan , the group that produced it, from (etyl) , the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.

    Alternative forms

    * hootch

    Noun

    (es)
  • (North America, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
    • Synonyms
    * moonshine

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hootch

    Noun

    (es)
  • A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
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