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What is the difference between sherry and wine?

sherry | wine |

In uncountable terms the difference between sherry and wine

is that sherry is a fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere while wine is a dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.

As a proper noun Sherry

is {{given name|female|from=English}}, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.

As a verb wine is

to entertain with wine.

sherry

English

(wikipedia sherry)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
  • * '>citation
  • A variety of sherry.
  • They produce several quality sherries .
  • A glass of sherry.
  • Would you like a sherry ?

    See also

    * amontillado ----

    wine

    English

    (wikipedia wine)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages'', s.v. “v?num” (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 680.J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. “wine” (London: Fritzroy Dearborn, 1997), 644.

    Noun

  • An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.
  • Wine is stronger than beer.
    She ordered some wine for the meal.
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
  • dorr?&
  • 773;, d?r? adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
  • An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".
  • (countable) A serving of wine.
  • I'd like three beers and two wines , please.
  • (uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.
  • Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * Adam's wine * barley wine * blush wine * bottle of wine * bread and wine * dessert wine * fortified wine * ginger wine * good wine needs no bush * house wine * ice wine * jug wine * May wine * palm wine * palm wine guitar * pop wine * port-wine stain * put new wine in old bottles * red wine * * sparkling wine * spirits of wine * straw wine * table wine * white wine * wine and dine * wine bar * wine bottle * wine cellar * wine cooler * wine gallon * wine glass * wine grower * wine growing * wine list * wine palm * wine vinegar * wine waiter * * winebery * winebibber * winebibbing * winebottle * wine-coloured * wineery * wineglass * winegrower * wine-press * wineskin * winetaster * winetasting * winy * yellow wine

    Verb

    (win)
  • To entertain with wine.
  • * 1919 , Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat , Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:
  • Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;
  • To drink wine.
  • * 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker
  • I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined , and went to bed sobbing.

    References

    See also

    * * amethyst * beeswing * bourguignonne * brandy * butler * cantina * claret * coq au vin * eiswein * enology, oenology * enophile, oenophile * envined * gluhwein * kabinett * mosbolletjie * negus * oenomel * surahi * vinaceous * vinager * vinal * Vinalia * vina medicata * vinarious * vinasse * vin de pays * vindaloo * vine * vinegar * vineity * vinho verde * vini- * vinic * viniculture * vinifera, vinifera grape * viniferous * vinification * vinificator * vinify * vinipote * vinitor * vinitorian * vino * vino- * vinolence, vinolency * vinolent * vinologist * vinology * vinomadefied * vinometer * vin ordinaire * vinose * vinosity * vinotherapy * vinous * * vin rouge * vinsanto * vintage * vintner * vintry * vinum * vinum opii * vinyl * See also Related terms for vine * amontillado * Asti spumante * auslese * Bacchus * Barolo * Barsac * Beaujolais * Beaumes-de-Venise * Beerenauslese * bin end * Bordeaux * burgundy * cabernet sauvignon * canary * Catawba * cava * Chablis * champagne * chaptalize * chardonnay * Chianti * corkage * * cru * * demijohn * Dionysus * double magnum * Frascati * gamay * * glogg * Graves * hippocras * jeroboam * kir * krater * Lambrusco * LBV * lees * Liebfraumilch * malmsey * Marsala * merlot * Methuselah * Meursault * mirin * Moselle * Muscadet * muscatel * Orvieto * Pinot Grigio * Pinot Noir * pinotage * rehoboam * retsina * riesling * Rioja * sangaree * sangria * sauterne * Sauvignon blanc * scuppernong * * sherry * Soave * sommelier * * spritzer * * syrah * Tavel * Tokay * trockenbeerenauslese * tun * Valpolicella * vermouth * vigneron * Vouvray * zinfandel

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard, British) wind
  • * 1850 , James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century :
  • Vor voices rawze upon tha wine
  • * 1869 , James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire :
  • Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens
  • *:: When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine .
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