How to empirically distinguish an acetic acid solution from an ethyl alcohol solution?

The first method is to change the color of the litmus solution indicator from blue to red.
Another way is to add pieces of zinc to the solutions: a reaction will occur in the acetic acid solution (the appearance of hydrogen bubbles).

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