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Why phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol?

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Phenoxide ion in phenol undergoes resonance stabilization. Therefore the conjugate base of phenol is more stable than that of ethyl alcohol.
Acidity $\propto stability of conjugate base$
Hence phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol.

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