Homonyms

Same spelling AND same sound, different meaning.

 

​​Bourbon — American whiskey

Bourbon — French royal dynasty

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Brandy — distilled wine spirit

Brandy — a person's name

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Chaser — drink following another drink

Chaser — someone pursuing something

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Cocktail — mixed drink

Cock tail — the tail of a rooster

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Cordial — sweet liqueur

Cordial — warm and friendly

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Crush — muddle or crush ingredients

Crush — romantic infatuation

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Dash — small measure of bitters

Dash — run quickly

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Fizz — carbonated cocktail

Fizz — bubbling/hissing sound

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Float — liquor layered on top

Float — remain on the surface of water

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Garnish — decoration added to a cocktail

Garnish — legally seize someone's wages

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Highball — spirit-and-mixer cocktail

Highball — railroad signal meaning proceed at full speed

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Jigger — bartending measuring tool

Jigger — various mechanical devices/tools

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Mash — grain mixture used in brewing/distilling

Mash — crush something

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Measure — quantity of liquor

Measure — determine size or amount

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Mixer — nonalcoholic cocktail ingredient

Mixer — social gathering

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Muddle — crush cocktail ingredients

Muddle — confuse or make a mess of something
 

Neat — liquor served without ice or mixer

Neat — tidy

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Proof — measurement related to alcohol strength

Proof — evidence
 

Punch — mixed communal drink

Punch — hit someone

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Rim — edge of a cocktail glass

Rim — outer edge of anything
 

Round — drinks purchased for a group

Round — circular

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Shot — small serving of liquor

Shot — firing a weapon, photograph, attempt, etc.
 

Spirit — distilled alcoholic beverage

Spirit — ghost or soul
 

Stir — mix a cocktail

Stir — cause excitement or trouble

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Straight — spirit served without additions

Straight — not curved

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Tap — beer-dispensing faucet

Tap — touch something lightly

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Toast — drinking salute

Toast — browned bread

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Well — inexpensive house liquor

Well — source of groundwater / in good health