Whiskey vs. Rum — What's the Difference?

An alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume.

Rum is a liquor made by fermenting then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels.

A drink of such liquor.

An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugarcane.

A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).

Intoxicating beverages.

A drink of whiskey.

Odd; strange.

(historical) A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey.

Presenting danger or difficulty.

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(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

Same as Whisky, a liquor.

(countable) A serving of rum.

A light carriage built for rapid motion; - called also tim-whiskey.

(countable) A kind or brand of rum.

A liquor made from fermented mash of grain

A queer or odd person or thing.

A country parson.

Any odd person or thing.

(rare) The card game rummy.

(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.

Strange, peculiar.

A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.

A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.

Distilled from fermented molasses

A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;