Rye vs Whiskey - What's the difference?
rye | whiskey |
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
Rye bread.
(US, Canada) Rye whiskey.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 159:
Caraway
Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium .
A disease of hawks.
(Ireland, US) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
(Ireland, US) A drink of whiskey.
The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
As a noun rye
is a grain used extensively in europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.As a symbol whiskey is
the letter w in the icao spelling alphabet.rye
English
(wikipedia rye)Noun
- I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.
- (Ainsworth)