Coffee vs. Caffeine — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Coffee and Caffeine
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Coffee
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. All fruit must be further processed from a raw material—the fruit and seed—into a stable, raw product; un-roasted, green coffee.
Caffeine
Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug.
Coffee
A hot drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (coffee beans) of a tropical shrub
A coffee pot
A cup of coffee
Caffeine
A bitter white alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found in certain plants such as cacao, coffee, kola, and tea, that stimulates the central nervous system and body metabolism and is used in medicine, usually in combination with other drugs, to relieve headaches and treat respiratory conditions in premature infants.
Coffee
The shrub which yields coffee seeds, native to the Old World tropics.
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Caffeine
An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
Coffee
Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica or C. canephora, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.
Caffeine
A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects
Coffee
The beanlike seeds of this plant, two of which are found in each fruit.
Coffee
The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant
Likes to drink coffee with breakfast.
Coffee
A serving of such a beverage
Ordered two coffees with sugar.
Coffee
A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.
Coffee
An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.
Coffee
(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
Coffee
(countable) A serving of this beverage.
Coffee
The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.
Coffee
The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
Coffee
A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
Coffee
A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
Coffee
The end of a meal, when coffee is served.
He did not stay for coffee.
Coffee
Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
Coffee
Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.
Coffee
(intransitive) To drink coffee.
Coffee
(transitive) To give coffee.
Coffee
The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
Coffee
The coffee tree.
Coffee
The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.
They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion.
Coffee
A cup of coffee{3}, especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go.
Coffee
A social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.
Coffee
A color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
Coffee
A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;
He ordered a cup of coffee
Coffee
Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
Coffee
A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
Coffee
A medium to dark brown color
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