Cognac vs. Rum

Cognacnoun

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

Cognacnoun

A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Cognacnoun

high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France

Cognacnoun

a high-quality brandy, strictly speaking that distilled in Cognac in western France

Cognac

Cognac ( KON-yak, also US: KOHN-, KAWN-, French: [kɔɲak] (listen)) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.

Rumnoun

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

Rumnoun

(countable) A serving of rum.

Rumnoun

(countable) A kind or brand of rum.

Rumnoun

A queer or odd person or thing.

Rumnoun

A country parson.

Rumnoun

Any odd person or thing.

Rumnoun

(rare) The card game rummy.

Rumadjective

(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.

Rumadjective

Strange, peculiar.

Rumnoun

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.

Rumnoun

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

Rumadjective

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

Rumnoun

distilled from fermented molasses

Rumnoun

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

Rumadjective

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

Rum

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.