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Was never my main point to begin with

I will say I think drinking is technically eating just as I think potable things are technically edible (due to subset logic stuff)

But colloquially we don't say "eat" to describe things that we drink (because both eat and drink are common words and drink is more descriptive) but do say "edible" to describe things potable (potable is not in the lexicon of most people due to not being something people need to say much and so it's easier to just say the less descriptive word as it's still correct)

So in a way I agree with you. I just think you're thinking more colloquially than you think you are in general.