Alcoholic beverage and Ethanol

Alcoholic beverage noun - A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.

Ethanol and alcoholic beverage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ethanol" instead a noun phrase "Alcoholic beverage".

Ethanol noun - The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline.

Alcoholic beverage and ethanol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alcoholic beverage" instead a noun "Ethanol".