Soft drinks are soda-based drinks which do not contain alcohol or its components... thus it is also called a non-alcoholic drink.
Alcoholic drinks are alcohol-based drinks... also known as hard drinks.
Alcoholic drinks (spirits, wines , beers, etc) will get you drunk. Soft drinks will not, as there is no alcohol in soft drinks.
It was named after its creator, Dr. Malcom Pepper.
Alcoholic drinks are called 'hard' drinks: You've probably heard the expresion 'hard liqour', well all alcoholic drinks are considered 'hard'. Soft drinks have no alcohol in them, so they are called 'soft'.
the only difference there is that the soft drink condensation has a few additives in it. other than that there is no difference.
All fluids: milk, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, petrol, are bought by volume.
A diet soft drink has no sugar in it. It can contain an artificial sugar like aspartame.
Generally speaking non-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks are allowed to have a ABV of below 1.0%, in which non-alcoholic beer would fall into that category.
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Could include Tea, Coffee and all sorts of hot drinks. Following this there is fizzy drinks, which may include cola, lemonade. Added to this you could have fizzy water, and soft drinks such as fruit drinks
it is just a difference in speech, same as calling a garage sale a yard sale & vice versa. Soft drink also refers to the drink not being a hard drink (a hard drink is a drink with alcohol). Since soda/soft drinks do not have alcohol, they are called soft drinks.
Soft drinks are generally acidic.
Soft drinks being bad for you is a very popular myth, they are actually no worse than other drinks like apple juice. As with everything it is the amount consumed that makes the difference. That being said, high fructose corn syrup used in soft drinks is not as healthy as the natural sugars in juices.