Everybody is familiar with the
expression ‘Would you like a drink?’ Or ‘let’s
go out for a drink.’ Drinks and beverages are part of our social
culture. Drinking water is necessary to
all forms of life and without water one would not survive. Basically a beverage, as a form of liquid, is
also a drink. However, the ceremonies and
the background to the two terms enable some small differences to be apparent.
Drinks come in many different shapes and sizes. The most common drinks are water, milk,
juices, tea, coffee, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks. Alcoholic drinks such as wine and beer
contain ethanol. There are soft drinks
or cool drinks, flavoured drinks and carbonated drinks.
Different countries require different
names for their soft drinks ranging from soda, soda ‘pop’, and brand names like
coco cola. The soft drink is made from
refined cane syrup or corn syrup and usually very sweet because they contain
more than the healthy recommended daily allocation of such sugars.
It is said that a beverage is also a drink because it is
a liquid. It is consumed by people
during social occasions. Generally
speaking a beverage is a hot drink or a brew of some sort.
The beverage may not necessarily have
alcoholic connotations as tea and coffee are brewed and are beverages. Beer is brewed and has an alcoholic
component. It is not served hot like tea
and coffee but during the brewing process heat plays its part in the making of
beer.
Beverage is a noun; it is an object you can
make or purchase. Beverage has several
synonyms including ‘drink’. Beverage
appears to be used more formally in restaurants and commercial outlets.
A person is more likely to ask a
friend for a drink not a beverage although they may look for the drink in the
beverages section of the menu. Inviting
someone for a beverage sounds exaggerated and not very polite.
The difference then between beverage
and drink lies really in the popular usage of the word and the hundreds of
expressions and social actions surrounding drinks and drinking. Then consider this,
water is the one liquid that forms the base of so many drinks and beverages.
Drinks & Beverages (Bebidas & Tragos)
Apple
juice
|
jugo
de manzana
|
Pineapple
juice
|
jugo
de piña
|
Brown
beer
|
cerveza
negra
|
Red
wine
|
vino
tinto
|
Can
of Coke
|
lata
de Coca-Cola
|
Rum
|
ron
|
Champagne
|
champán
|
Soda
|
gaseosa
|
Cider
|
sidra
|
Soft drink
|
refresco
|
Coffee
|
café
|
Sparkling water
|
agua
mineral con gas
|
Gin
|
ginebra
|
Still water
|
agua
mineral sin gas
|
Hot
chocolate
|
chocolate
caliente
|
Tea
|
té
|
Juice
|
jugo,
zumo
|
Tomato
juice
|
jugo
de tomate
|
Lemonade
|
limonada
|
Vodka
|
vodka
|
Light
soda
|
gaseosa
dietética
|
Water
|
agua
|
Liqueur
|
licor
|
Whisky
|
whisky
|
Milkshake
|
batido
|
White wine
|
vino
blanco
|
Orange
juice
|
jugo
de naranja
|
Wine
|
vino
|
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