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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). The word drink is also slang for a body of water, such as an ocean or a water hazard on a golf course (i.e. "He hit that one into the drink."). It can also be used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery.
A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption. Beverages almost always largely consist of water. These include:
Water, from the tap or from a bottle
Juice (e.g. fruit juices and vegetable juices, which may be fresh or made from a concentrate)
Soft drinks
Aguas frescas
Lemonade
Orange drink
Carbonated drinks (generally called sodas in the Eastern United States, pop in the Midwestern U.S., and cokes in the Southern U.S.), including just carbonated water
Cola
Ginger ale
Root beer, Sarsaparilla
Cream soda
Squash, a fruit-flavoured syrup diluted with water.
Sports drinks
Infusions
Coffee
Tea
Dairy drinks, for example milk, yogurt drink, chocolate milk, milkshake, egg nog
Almond milk, Horchata
Alcoholic beverages
Cocktails - mixed drinks
Hot beverages, for example coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot cider, cappuccino
Pearl milk tea, a.k.a. Bubble Tea, is a Chinese tea drink popular in many parts of the world. (http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Drink)
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