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Soda vs Whiskey - What's the difference?

soda | whiskey |

As a noun soda

is soldier.

As a symbol whiskey is

the letter w in the icao spelling alphabet.

soda

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate.
  • (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
  • (uncountable) Carbonated water (originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda , and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop , soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US)

    Derived terms

    * baking soda * bicarbonate of soda * caustic soda * club soda * cream soda * ice-cream soda * muriate of soda * hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda * nitrate of soda * soda-acid * soda ash * soda biscuit * soda bread * soda cellulose * soda counter * soda cracker * soda fountain * soda glass * sodaic * soda jerk * soda jerker * soda lake * soda-lime glass * sodalite * soda lye * sodamide * soda niter, soda nitre * soda paper * soda pop * soda prairie * soda process * soda pulp * soda siphon * soda waste * soda water * sodium * sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda * sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda * washing soda

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    whiskey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * whisky

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.

    • Usage notes

    The regional spellings (term) and (whisky) are also used world-wide to distinguish regional drinks, for example (bourbon whiskey), but (Scotch whisky).

    Derived terms

    * whiskey dick

    See also

    * ("whiskey" on Wikipedia) ----