phenol is acidic and ethanol is neutral
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The explanation of the phenol acidity is the resonance stabilization of the phenoxide anion by the aromatic ring. In case of ethanol, ethoxyanion doesn't have such resonance stabilization and electron density withdrawal from the atom of oxygen, that's why it's neutral.
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