Since water molecules are closer together when colder so more “water” in a given amount of space(or molecules in general I think I could be wrong, I could be wrong about this whole thing) could it be reasoned that drinking cold water results in drinking more water than hot water? And if not how come?
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Yes, until around fridge temperature water.
[This chart](https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.earth111/files/Module2/Earth111Mod1Graph2.png) is the mass of water in grams per milliliter (density). Higher values mean you drink more water for the same volume.
Warm water is less dense, so the same volume is less water. 1 liter of boiling water is 950 grams, 1 liter of refrigerated water is 1 kilogram or 1000 grams.
To put this in context, if you poured 1 liter of boiling water and refrigerated water and then put them both in the fridge, the water poured boiling would be around 1 American shot glass lower in volume after cooling.
Once you go below 4 degrees C/39 degrees F (average fridge temperature), it reverses. So ice cold water is less water per volume than refrigerated, though by a very small amount (999 grams).
Ice has a massive jump down due to freezing, going to around 900-920 grams per liter.
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