Spirits vs. Wine — What's the Difference?

A force or principle believed to animate living beings.

Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol, carbon dioxide and heat.

A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.

An alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice

Spirit The Holy Spirit.

Entertain someone by offering them drinks and a meal

An angel or demon.

Dance with rhythmic gyratory movements of the pelvic region

A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.

A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.

A fairy or sprite.

A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings

Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.

The essential nature of a person or group.

The color of red wine.

A person as characterized by a stated quality

To provide or entertain with wine.

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind

To drink wine.

A pervasive or essential attitude, quality, or principle

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.

Spirits A mood or emotional state

(countable) A serving of wine.

Strong loyalty or dedication

(uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

The actual though unstated sense or significance of something

Wind.

Often spirits (used with a sing. verb) An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance.

(transitive) To entertain with wine.

Spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor.

(intransitive) To drink wine.

To carry off mysteriously or secretly

The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.

To impart courage, animation, or determination to; inspirit.

A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.

Plural of spirit

The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.

Distilled alcoholic beverages. the definition below, at the top of the translation box, is considerably more specific: which is correct?

Fermented juice (of grapes especially)

Distilled rather than fermented

A red as dark as red wine

Drink wine

Treat to wine;