Drink

The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking.
As a noun, it refers to the liquid thus ingested. It is often used in a narrower sense to refer to alcoholic beverages (as both a verb and a noun).
Can also be used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery.

A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption. Almost always it largely consists of water. These include:

• Water, just from the tab or from a bottle
• Juice[?] and Juice drinks[?]
• Carbonated drinks (generally called sodas in the Eastern U.S., pop in the Midwestern U.S., and cokes in the Southern U.S.), including just carbonated water
  • Cola
  • Ginger ale
• Sports drinks[?]
• Infusions
  • Coffee
  • Tea
• Dairy drinks, for example milk, yogurt drink, chocolate milk
• Alcoholic beverages
• Soft drink
• Cocktails - mixed drinks

Some substances may either be called food or drink, and accordingly be eaten with a spoon or drunk, depending on solid ingredients in it and on how thick it is, and on preference:

• Soup
• Yoghurt

See also: food, vacuum flask, Encyclopedian Cocktail Guide.