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So i am a bit confused. I am learning japanese and i dont really understand
the difference between the two mentioned above.

飲んでいる means drinking right?

飲むこと also means drinking right?

Does it have the same meaning if i say

お酒を飲んでいる

and

お酒を飲むこと

If not, whats the difference?
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Difference between -ている and こと•の
飲んでいる describes what you are doing right now. It's a verb form. お酒を飲んでいる means
"I'm drinking alcohol".

飲むこと is very different. It's just confusing that English happens to use the
same word for both. 飲むこと is the act of drinking. It is a noun form. I'm not
very good with English grammar (despite being English) but I think this is
called a gerund.

If you want to say something like "I like drinking" then 'drinking' in this
sentence works like a noun (compare with 'I like cats'). This hasn't got
anything to do with what you are doing right now. This is where 飲むこと is
useful. You'd say 飲むことが好きです。

Note that お酒 **の** を飲むこと is ungrammatical. I don't know if the の was just a
typo, but it shouldn't be there.
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