Liquor vs. Liquid

Liquor vs. Liquid — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Liquor and Liquid

Liquornoun

(obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.

Liquidnoun

A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

Liquornoun

(obsolete) A drinkable liquid.

Liquidnoun

(phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Liquornoun

A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).

Liquidadjective

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

liquid nitrogen
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Liquornoun

A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.

Liquidadjective

Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

Liquornoun

Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.

Liquidadjective

Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

Liquornoun

In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.

Liquidadjective

Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

a liquid melody
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Liquorverb

(intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.

Liquidadjective

(phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.

L and R are liquid letters.

Liquorverb

(transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.

Liquidadjective

Fluid and transparent.

the liquid air

Liquorverb

To grease.

Liquidnoun

a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

Liquornoun

distilled rather than fermented

Liquidnoun

the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility

Liquornoun

a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process;

waste liquors

Liquidnoun

a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

Liquornoun

the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked

Liquidnoun

a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r')

Liquidadjective

existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow;

water and milk and blood are liquid substancesice is water in the solid state

Liquidadjective

filled or brimming with tears;

swimming eyeswatery eyessorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid

Liquidadjective

clear and bright;

the liquid air of a spring morningeyes shining with a liquid lusterlimpid blue eyes

Liquidadjective

changed from a solid to a liquid state;

rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow

Liquidadjective

smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness;

the liquid song of a robin

Liquidadjective

yielding; lacking any hint of hardness;

the liquid stillness of the night enveloping himthe liquid brown eyes of a spaniel

Liquidadjective

smooth and unconstrained in movement;

a long, smooth stridethe fluid motion of a catthe liquid grace of a ballerinaliquid prose

Liquidadjective

in cash or easily convertible to cash;

liquid (or fluid) assets