Main Difference
The main difference between Gin and Rum is that the Gin is a spirit and Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane
Gin
Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries (Juniperus communis). Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and flavour profiles, that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.From its earliest origins in the Middle Ages, the drink has evolved from a herbal medicine to an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Gin was developed based on the older Dutch liquor, jenever, and became popular in Great Britain (particularly in London) when William of Orange became King William III of England.
Gin today is produced in subtly different ways, from a wide range of herbal ingredients, giving rise to a number of distinct styles and brands. After juniper, gin tends to be flavoured with botanical/herbal, spice, floral or fruit-flavours or often a combination. It is most commonly consumed mixed with tonic water. Gin is also often used as a base spirit to produce flavoured gin-based liqueurs such as, for example, Sloe gin, traditionally by the addition of fruit, flavourings and sugar.
Rum
Rum is a distilled alcoholic drink made by fermenting then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels. Most rums are produced in Caribbean and American countries, but also in other sugar producing countries, such as the Philippines and India.Rums are produced in various grades. Light rums are commonly used in cocktails, whereas “golden” and “dark” rums were typically consumed straight or neat, iced (“on the rocks”), or used for cooking, but are now commonly consumed with mixers. Premium rums are made to be consumed either straight or iced.
Rum plays a part in the culture of most islands of the West Indies as well as The Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland, in Canada. The beverage has famous associations with the Royal Navy (where it was mixed with water or beer to make grog) and piracy (where it was consumed as bumbo). Rum has also served as a popular medium of economic exchange, used to help fund enterprises such as slavery (see Triangular trade), organized crime, and military insurgencies (e.g., the American Revolution and Australia’s Rum Rebellion).
Gin (noun)
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
Gin (noun)
Gin rummy.
Gin (noun)
Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
“Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.”
Gin (noun)
A trick; a device or instrument.
Gin (noun)
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
Gin (noun)
A snare or trap for game.
Gin (noun)
A raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
Gin (noun)
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
Gin (noun)
A pile driver.
Gin (noun)
A windpump.
Gin (noun)
A cotton gin.
Gin (noun)
An instrument of torture worked with screws.
Gin (noun)
An Aboriginal woman.
Gin (verb)
To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
Gin (verb)
To trap something in a gin.
Gin (verb)
To begin.
Gin (conjunction)
If.
Rum (noun)
A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
“The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”
Rum (noun)
A serving of rum.
“Jake tossed down three rums.”
Rum (noun)
A kind or brand of rum.
“Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.”
Rum (noun)
A queer or odd person or thing.
Rum (noun)
A country parson.
Rum (noun)
Any odd person or thing.
Rum (noun)
The card game rummy.
Rum (adjective)
Fine, excellent, valuable. 16th c.
“having a rum time”
Rum (adjective)
Strange, peculiar. 18th c.
“a rum idea; a rum fellow”
Gin (noun)
a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries.
Gin (noun)
a form of the card game rummy in which a player holding cards totalling ten or less may terminate play.
Gin (noun)
a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
Gin (noun)
a machine for raising and moving heavy weights.
Gin (noun)
a trap for catching birds or small mammals.
Gin (noun)
an Aboriginal woman.
Gin (verb)
treat (cotton) in a gin.