Soup vs. Tea — What's the Difference?

Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming a broth.

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to China and East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.

A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.

A hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water

Dense fog.

The evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.

Nitroglycerine.

A light afternoon meal consisting typically of tea to drink, sandwiches, and cakes

Primordial soup.

Drink tea or take afternoon tea

A chaotic or unfortunate situation.

An evergreen shrub or small tree (Camellia sinensis) native to Asia, having fragrant, nodding, cup-shaped white flowers and glossy leaves.

Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture.

The young, dried leaves of this plant, prepared by various processes and used to make a beverage, usually served hot.

(countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.

An aromatic, slightly bitter beverage made by steeping tea leaves in boiling water.

(uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.

Any of various plants, such as New Jersey tea, having leaves that are or were formerly used to make a tealike beverage.

(figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.

Any of various beverages made by steeping the leaves, flowers, fruits, or other parts of certain plants

(slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).

Any of various beverages made by extracting an infusion from meat, especially beef.

Or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.

A tea rose.

(cant) dope (an illicit drug used for making horses run faster or to change their personality).

An afternoon refreshment consisting usually of sandwiches and cakes served with tea.

(photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.

High tea.

(biology) A liquid or gelatinous substrate, especially the mixture of organic compounds that is believed to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth.

An afternoon reception or social gathering at which tea is served.

An unfortunate situation; trouble, problems (a fix, a mess); chaos.

(Slang) Marijuana.

(surfing) The foamy portion of a wave.

(uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.

Alternative form of sup

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

(uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.

(uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.

(photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.

(uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.

(obsolete) To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching.

Meat stock served as a hot drink.

Alternative form of sup

A cup or glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.

(obsolete) To sweep.

A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.

A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, - commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.

Syn of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea.

To sup or swallow.

(cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.

To breathe out.

Syn of marijuana.

To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.

Information, especially gossip.

Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.

Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

To drink tea.

An unfortunate situation;

To take afternoon tea (the light meal).

Dope (a racehorse)

To give tea.

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea Chinensis or Camellia Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

To take or drink tea.

A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water;

A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes;

Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea;

A reception or party at which tea is served;

A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves;