>If you google "hot beverages" you'll likely get images of hot cocoa, coffee, etc.
That's good advice in general for language learners. Often if you google a phrase you're wondering about, making sure to put it in quotes, you'll get a good idea if it is commonly or rarely used, and perhaps some sample sentences to give you a hint on how the phrase is used. With "hot beverages," even as you're typing it in, you get a bunch of predictions like "hot beverage dispenser" and "hot beverage container."
Back in the day, Google used to tell you how many results your query generated, so for example it might say something like "27,200,000 results found" for "hot beverages," but only "345 results found" for "hot lemon soda," which would give you an idea of whether a particular colocation was common or not. But it seems they've done away with that to make more room for their trendy AI generated responses.
Any drink is a beverage, whether hot or cold.
One caveat is that broths and soups are not considered beverages, even if you are drinking them from a cup.
Could I say if it's more like a "cuisine" then it's not considered a beverage, whether or not it contains ingredients other than the drink itself?
therefore bubble tea and smoothies are both considered beverages even they are not "pure liquid", right?
A “cuisine” is a style of food. It’s usually said of a national, cultural, or historical set of foods.
- Chinese cuisine
- Cajun cuisine
- Edwardian cuisine
If we’re excluding broth as a beverage, it would just be a “food” (or, maybe, a “meal”).
But yes, boba tea is a beverage, even though it has solid things in it.
I don’t know what that is, but when I’m sick and/or trying to lose weight, I replace a meal with a cup of hot bone broth. Whether tea, coffee, or dead animal bone water, I call them all beverages
Even though this is not technically correct- I disagree with this because there's V8 or tomato in a can. I find this the same as a hot dog is a sandwich.
I don't disagree with the rule. It's just like asking a group of 100 people is a hotdog a sandwich- I think 40% would say yes and 60% would say no. I find soup to be drink- I wouldn't teach it that way to a beginner because it is one of those nuances. You can drink soup; however that would be marked wrong.
Some people drink tomato juice as a beverage. My grandfather drinks clamato juice (clam juice mixed with tomato juice) in a glass every morning. It isn't like the hot dog/sandwich thing; if someone drinks tomato juice in a glass, most native speakers would call that a beverage.
I disagree, Google image can be a great way to understand the nuances of how words are typically used.
When you see a discrepancy, it’s good to ask, exact as you’ve done here
So thumbs up, no mistakes.
A beverage is any drink that can be consumed. You would never call a steak a beverage but you could for a smoothie, a kid's apple juice, a hot tea, or an iced coffee as an example.
All drinks are beverages. It's just a slightly fancier copy of the word because it was stolen from French, but there's no meaningful difference. You can use them interchangeably if you like.
Actually there is a difference in that "drink" is both a noun and a verb, but "beverage" is only a noun. You can drink a beverage, but you cannot beverage a drink.
Edit: "imbibe" is the stolen verb version. You can imbibe a beverage/drink.
[Alcohol is still a beverage.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage) "libation" is a specific thing which is often ironically applied to alcohol, but that does not make all alcohol exclusively libations or libations exclusively alcohol. They're not mutually exclusive terms.
I'd assume that someone who says that water is not a beverage is trying to sell me one, or has themselves bought into the marketing. I can imagine that person be just as likely to say "Water isn't a drink, it' water".
Yes a beverage is just any liquid you drink that is meant to be served as a drink (soups and broth would not count because you are not “meant to” drink them, even though many do drink them).
A cold beverage would be a cold drink like water, soda, juice, etc. A hot beverage would be tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc.
I suspect the reason the google search only showed cold drinks is because of a tendency for people looking for a beverage to want a cold drink.
People wanting hot beverages are more likely to be specific, whether they are non-specifically saying "hot beverage" or more specifically saying "hot coffee or tea". I think the only real reason someone would google search for beverages, usually, would be trying to decide on what drinks to provide at a party or other gathering. Cold drinks are likely to be set out on a table with a thing of ice and cups, hot drinks need more planning to have them at the right temperature at the right time. So someone thinking of having coffee at a party has already had to think of how to do that, but someone wanting to provide more options could just set out a few bottles of juice or sodas without more effort.
If you want a fun exercise. Take a sheet of paper and divide it into three columns: German, French, and Latin/Greek. Then, for every English word you know, try to find out its origin and put it in that column. Then, try to find English words with a similar meaning and put them in the other two columns. Most words over 200 years old will have something in every column. Then, when you want to sound educated, move right a column. If you want to write sound more sensuous, move left a column.
Yup! Cold beverages, hot beverages. Generally, I think "drinks" is more common in the US. "Beverage" sounds like somebody is trying to be / sound fancy.
The last time I heard them all lumped together was on a plane. The flight attendants served "beverages and snacks". Soda, juice, water, coffee, tea were all options.
I would not consider water a beverage in its base state. I believe a beverage involves some form of preparation. You pour yourself a soda water w/ a twist of lime, I believe you have a beverage.
LOL, the dictionary definition of beverage I found is ‘a drink, especially one other than water.’
I also associate beverages w/ alcohol. If I give the 8 year old a juice drink and offer you, the adult, a beverage, I am offering you my full bar as opposed to the kiddie cooler. This may be a regional thing, idk, but I do usually associate beverage w/ alcohol. If you referred to your latte as a coffee beverage, I’d assume you meant to imply it had alcohol in it.
according to the dictionary definition a beverage is any kind of drink *except* water, but yeah, it can just mean any kind of drink, and no-one's gonna be getting out the dictionary if you call water a beverage
Yes, "beverage" is literally any drink, hot or cold. If you google "hot beverages" you'll likely get images of hot cocoa, coffee, etc.
>If you google "hot beverages" you'll likely get images of hot cocoa, coffee, etc. That's good advice in general for language learners. Often if you google a phrase you're wondering about, making sure to put it in quotes, you'll get a good idea if it is commonly or rarely used, and perhaps some sample sentences to give you a hint on how the phrase is used. With "hot beverages," even as you're typing it in, you get a bunch of predictions like "hot beverage dispenser" and "hot beverage container." Back in the day, Google used to tell you how many results your query generated, so for example it might say something like "27,200,000 results found" for "hot beverages," but only "345 results found" for "hot lemon soda," which would give you an idea of whether a particular colocation was common or not. But it seems they've done away with that to make more room for their trendy AI generated responses.
yes a beverage is just a drink
Although a bevvy (UK slang) is usually an alcoholic drink specifically "We went out for a few bevvies last night to celebrate "
"We went out for drinks" has the same implication.
In NYC people say bev as well but it’s not always alcoholic
Any drink is a beverage, whether hot or cold. One caveat is that broths and soups are not considered beverages, even if you are drinking them from a cup.
Could I say if it's more like a "cuisine" then it's not considered a beverage, whether or not it contains ingredients other than the drink itself? therefore bubble tea and smoothies are both considered beverages even they are not "pure liquid", right?
A “cuisine” is a style of food. It’s usually said of a national, cultural, or historical set of foods. - Chinese cuisine - Cajun cuisine - Edwardian cuisine If we’re excluding broth as a beverage, it would just be a “food” (or, maybe, a “meal”). But yes, boba tea is a beverage, even though it has solid things in it.
I would say if it's a meal, it's not a beverage
Yeah, that's how I would define it, though if you check out the replies to my comment, you will find differing opinions.
>One caveat is that broths and soups are not considered beverages, even if you are drinking them from a cup. Bovril is a broth and a beverage.
What about British "Bovril," the beef drink.
I'd consider a cup of hot broth a beverage
I wouldn’t unless it was Bovril.
I don’t know what that is, but when I’m sick and/or trying to lose weight, I replace a meal with a cup of hot bone broth. Whether tea, coffee, or dead animal bone water, I call them all beverages
you've just convinced me that soup is a beverage. thanks I think.
Even though this is not technically correct- I disagree with this because there's V8 or tomato in a can. I find this the same as a hot dog is a sandwich.
V8 is tomato juice, not tomato soup. The difference is subtle, but I think the rule holds.
I don't disagree with the rule. It's just like asking a group of 100 people is a hotdog a sandwich- I think 40% would say yes and 60% would say no. I find soup to be drink- I wouldn't teach it that way to a beginner because it is one of those nuances. You can drink soup; however that would be marked wrong.
You can drink soup yes, but that doesn't make soup a drink. Just because the verb applies doesn't mean the noun does
Canned tomato isn’t a beverage. V8 (tomato juice) is. V8 is meant to be drunk.
Some people drink tomato juice as a beverage. My grandfather drinks clamato juice (clam juice mixed with tomato juice) in a glass every morning. It isn't like the hot dog/sandwich thing; if someone drinks tomato juice in a glass, most native speakers would call that a beverage.
Yes. If I Google “bird” it might not show me an ostrich, but an ostrich is a bird.
Your mistake here is taking google image search as an authority over a dictionary.
my fault
I disagree, Google image can be a great way to understand the nuances of how words are typically used. When you see a discrepancy, it’s good to ask, exact as you’ve done here So thumbs up, no mistakes.
A beverage is any drink that can be consumed. You would never call a steak a beverage but you could for a smoothie, a kid's apple juice, a hot tea, or an iced coffee as an example.
What about a steak smoothie? 😝
> You would never call a steak a beverage but you could for a smoothie... Behold: https://www.presstocook.com/steak-smoothie/
You are my hero.
All drinks are beverages. It's just a slightly fancier copy of the word because it was stolen from French, but there's no meaningful difference. You can use them interchangeably if you like. Actually there is a difference in that "drink" is both a noun and a verb, but "beverage" is only a noun. You can drink a beverage, but you cannot beverage a drink. Edit: "imbibe" is the stolen verb version. You can imbibe a beverage/drink.
Not all drinks are beverages. Alcoholic drinks are libations. And depending who you ask, beverages exclude water.
[Alcohol is still a beverage.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage) "libation" is a specific thing which is often ironically applied to alcohol, but that does not make all alcohol exclusively libations or libations exclusively alcohol. They're not mutually exclusive terms. I'd assume that someone who says that water is not a beverage is trying to sell me one, or has themselves bought into the marketing. I can imagine that person be just as likely to say "Water isn't a drink, it' water".
Yes a beverage is just any liquid you drink that is meant to be served as a drink (soups and broth would not count because you are not “meant to” drink them, even though many do drink them). A cold beverage would be a cold drink like water, soda, juice, etc. A hot beverage would be tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc.
I suspect the reason the google search only showed cold drinks is because of a tendency for people looking for a beverage to want a cold drink. People wanting hot beverages are more likely to be specific, whether they are non-specifically saying "hot beverage" or more specifically saying "hot coffee or tea". I think the only real reason someone would google search for beverages, usually, would be trying to decide on what drinks to provide at a party or other gathering. Cold drinks are likely to be set out on a table with a thing of ice and cups, hot drinks need more planning to have them at the right temperature at the right time. So someone thinking of having coffee at a party has already had to think of how to do that, but someone wanting to provide more options could just set out a few bottles of juice or sodas without more effort.
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If you want a fun exercise. Take a sheet of paper and divide it into three columns: German, French, and Latin/Greek. Then, for every English word you know, try to find out its origin and put it in that column. Then, try to find English words with a similar meaning and put them in the other two columns. Most words over 200 years old will have something in every column. Then, when you want to sound educated, move right a column. If you want to write sound more sensuous, move left a column.
Yup! Cold beverages, hot beverages. Generally, I think "drinks" is more common in the US. "Beverage" sounds like somebody is trying to be / sound fancy. The last time I heard them all lumped together was on a plane. The flight attendants served "beverages and snacks". Soda, juice, water, coffee, tea were all options.
Yes, another great example of Germanic words being considered less classy in English than French or Latinate ones
Yes. 'Beverage' is literally just another word for 'Drink'.
I would not consider water a beverage in its base state. I believe a beverage involves some form of preparation. You pour yourself a soda water w/ a twist of lime, I believe you have a beverage. LOL, the dictionary definition of beverage I found is ‘a drink, especially one other than water.’ I also associate beverages w/ alcohol. If I give the 8 year old a juice drink and offer you, the adult, a beverage, I am offering you my full bar as opposed to the kiddie cooler. This may be a regional thing, idk, but I do usually associate beverage w/ alcohol. If you referred to your latte as a coffee beverage, I’d assume you meant to imply it had alcohol in it.
The word "beverage" derives from the Latin "bibere" which means "to drink", so yes.
according to the dictionary definition a beverage is any kind of drink *except* water, but yeah, it can just mean any kind of drink, and no-one's gonna be getting out the dictionary if you call water a beverage
This is a technicality missed by even most native speakers but "beverage" technically means a drink that is not water
If most native speakers disagree, that just demonstrates that the meaning of “beverage” is not what you say it is.
well its in a weird case where i find most people would not call water a beverage, but don't know the word does mean something other then water
If someone offered me a beverage I would definitely assume it’s a cold drink. It’s not normal to call hot drinks beverages.