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Liquidation vs Liquor - What's the difference?

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Liquor is a related term of liquidation.



As nouns the difference between liquidation and liquor

is that liquidation is the act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash while liquor is a liquid.

As a verb liquor is

to drink liquor, usually to excess.

liquidation

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia liquidation)
  • The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
  • The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
  • The store is having a liquidation sale, everything must go as they go out of business.

    liquor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * liquour (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) A liquid.
  • (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
  • A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
  • (chiefly, US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
  • In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
  • Synonyms

    * (strong alcoholic drink) spirits (British and Australasian English) * (liquid obtained by cooking food) stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon

    Derived terms

    * hold one's liquor * liquor lounge * liquor store

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drink liquor, usually to excess.
  • To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
  • (obsolete) To grease.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Liquor fishermen's boots.
    (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)

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