Anisette vs. Sambuca

Anisettenoun

A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise

Sambucanoun

An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).

Anisettenoun

A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

Sambucanoun

(musici) An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.

Anisettenoun

liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed

Sambucanoun

an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice

Anisettenoun

a liqueur flavoured with aniseed.

Sambucanoun

an Italian aniseed-flavoured liqueur

‘a glass of flaming sambuca’; ‘a good few sambucas were consumed before he finally tottered into a taxi’;

Anisette

Anisette, or Anis, is an anise-flavored liqueur that is consumed in most Mediterranean countries, mainly in Malta, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, and France. It is colorless, and because it contains sugar, is sweeter than dry anise flavoured spirits (e.g.

Sambuca

Sambuca (Italian pronunciation: [samˈbuːka]) is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colourless, liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as white sambuca to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue in colour (black sambuca) or bright red (red sambuca).