Juice vs Tonic - What's the difference?
juice | tonic |
(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
(countable) A beverage made of juice.
(uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.
(Scotland) A soft drink.
(uncountable, slang) Electricity.
(uncountable, slang) Liquor.
(uncountable, slang) Political power.
(uncountable, slang) Petrol; gasoline.
(uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
(uncountable, slang) Steroids.
(uncountable, slang) Semen.
(uncountable, slang) The vaginal lubrication that a woman naturally produces when sexually aroused.
(uncountable, slang) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
To remove the juice from something.
To energize or stimulate something.
(physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
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Restorative, curative or invigorating.
A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
Tonic water.
(US, Northeastern US) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
(figuratively) Something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
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(music) Pertaining to the keynote of a composition.
Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
(music) The first note of a scale.
(music) The triad built on the tonic note.
(phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
As an acronym juice
is (space|esa).As an adjective tonic is
(physics|pathology) pertaining to tension, especially of muscles or tonic can be (music) pertaining to the keynote of a composition.As a noun tonic is
a substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate or tonic can be (music) the first note of a scale.juice
English
Noun
(wikipedia juice) (en-noun)- Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out .
- I’d like two orange juices please .
Synonyms
* (charge by bookmaker) cut, take, vig, vigorishDerived terms
* elbow juiceVerb
Derived terms
* dejuice * juice up * unjuicetonic
English
Alternative forms
* tonick (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . 17th century writers believed health to be derived from firmly stretched muscles, thus tonic''; the extension of ''tonic medicine appeared in the late 18th century.Adjective
(en adjective)- Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic , as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.
- The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.
Noun
(en noun)- We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
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