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Alcohols are easily protonated in comparison to phenols.

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In alcohols the lone pair of electron on oxygen is localised and hence is easily available for protonation.

On the other hand, the lone pair of electrons on oxygen atom in phenols is involved in resonance and hence is delocalised and thus not easily available for protonation. Therefore alcohols are easily protonated in comparison to phenol.
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