The difference between Liquid and Water

When used as nouns, liquid means a substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water, whereas water means a substance (of molecular formula h₂o) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid.

Liquid is also adjective with the meaning: flowing freely like water.

Water is also verb with the meaning: to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

check bellow for the other definitions of Liquid and Water

  1. Liquid as a noun:

    A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

    Examples:

    "coordinate terms solid gas"

    "hypo ideal liquid non-ideal liquid"

    "A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas."

  2. Liquid as a noun (phonetics):

    A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

    Examples:

    "hyper approximant consonant"

    "coordinate terms glide"

  1. Liquid as an adjective:

    Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

    Examples:

    "'liquid nitrogen"

  2. Liquid as an adjective (finance, of an [[asset]]):

    Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

  3. Liquid as an adjective (finance, of a [[market]]):

    Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

  4. Liquid as an adjective:

    Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

    Examples:

    "a liquid melody"

  5. Liquid as an adjective (phonology):

    Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.

    Examples:

    "L and R are liquid letters."

  6. Liquid as an adjective:

    Fluid and transparent.

    Examples:

    "the liquid air"

  1. Water as a noun (uncountable):

    A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. A serving of liquid water.

    Examples:

    "By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."

    "May I have a glass of water?"

    "Your plants need more water."

  2. Water as a noun (alchemy, philosophy):

    The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

    Examples:

    "He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God."

  3. Water as a noun (uncountable, or, in the plural):

    Water in a body; an area of open water.

    Examples:

    "The boat was found within the territorial waters."

    "These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile."

  4. Water as a noun (poetic, archaic, or, dialectal):

    A body of water, almost always a river.

  5. Water as a noun (sometimes, countable):

    A combination of water and other substance(s). Mineral water. Spa water. A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance. Urine. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary says "often used in plural; also: bag of waters") Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.

    Examples:

    "Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant."

    "Many people visit Bath to take the waters."

    "ammonia water'"

    "Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. qualifier North America"

    "Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. qualifier North America"

    "Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. qualifier UK"

    "He suffers from water on the knee."

  6. Water as a noun (figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular):

    A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

    Examples:

    "The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm."

  7. Water as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):

    A person's intuition.

    Examples:

    "I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters."

  8. Water as a noun (uncountable, dated, finance):

    Excess valuation of securities.

  9. Water as a noun:

    The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.

    Examples:

    "a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent"

  10. Water as a noun:

    A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.

  1. Water as a verb (transitive):

    To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

  2. Water as a verb (transitive):

    To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

  3. Water as a verb (transitive):

    To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

    Examples:

    "I need to go water the cattle''."

  4. Water as a verb (intransitive):

    To get or take in water.

    Examples:

    "The ship put into port to water."

  5. Water as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To urinate onto.

    Examples:

    "[[nature calls Nature called]], so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree."

  6. Water as a verb (transitive):

    To dilute.

    Examples:

    "Can you water the whisky, please?"

  7. Water as a verb (transitive, dated, finance):

    To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

  8. Water as a verb (intransitive):

    To fill with or secrete water.

    Examples:

    "Chopping onions makes my eyes water."

    "The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water."

  9. Water as a verb (transitive):

    To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

    Examples:

    "to water silk"

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