Whiskey vs Cola - What's the difference?
whiskey | cola |
(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.
The kola plant, genus Cola , famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
A beverage or a made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
(obsolete)
* 2008 , Alexandre Allauzen,
As a symbol whiskey
is the letter w in the icao spelling alphabet.As a noun cola is
.As a proper noun cola is
(internet|acronym) composlinuxadvocacy (a usenet newsgroup).whiskey
English
Alternative forms
* whiskyNoun
(en-noun)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 dickSee also
* ("whiskey" on Wikipedia) ----cola
English
Etymology 1
From a (etyl) language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known.Alternative forms
* (the plant or nut) kolaNoun
See also
* (projectlink) * * (projectlink)Etymology 2
See colonNoun
(head)Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai
- In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.
