Mead vs Cider - What's the difference?
mead | cider |
An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
(US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
(poetic) A meadow.
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* 1920 , :
(British, Irish, Australia, NZ) An alcoholic, sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
(US) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the (usually unfiltered and still containing pulp) juice of early-harvest apples.
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
A non-alcoholic drink, normally carbonated; equivalent to soft drink.
(countable) A cup, glass or serving of any of these beverages.
In us terms the difference between mead and cider
is that mead is a drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas while cider is a non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the (usually unfiltered and still containing pulp) juice of early-harvest apples. Without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice.As nouns the difference between mead and cider
is that mead is an alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water while cider is an alcoholic, sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.As a proper noun Mead
is {{surname}.mead
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) mede, from (etyl) medu, from (etyl) ‘honey; honey wine’.Alternative forms
* meath, meathe, meeth (all obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* mead-bench * meaderySee also
* ambrosia noun * ("mead" on Wikipedia)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian miede, Low German Meed, (Mede).Noun
(en noun)- Four voices of four hamlets round, / From far and near, on mead and moor, / Swell out and fail, as if a door / Were shut between me and the sound [...].
- There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, [...].
Anagrams
* ----cider
English
(wikipedia cider)Noun
- She liked an aged cider'''. He liked a harder '''cider .