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Phenol is more acidic than methanol. Why?
 

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In phenols oxygen is attached to electron withdrawing benzene ring which decreases the electron density over oxygen
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in phenol, there is a benzene ring resent which is a an electron withdrawing grp which withdraws all electrons from the OH, making the whole of phenol less basic that is more basic. where as in methanol...CH3 grp is present which is an alkyl grp also which is an electron withdrawing grp thereby increasing the density of electrons over OH. hence more basis or less acidic. 
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that is more acidic in the third line *
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phenol is more acidic than methanol because phenoxide ion after loss of proton is m ore stable than methoxide ion after the loss of proton. therefore phenol is more acidic than methanol . the phenoxide ion gets stabilised by resonance .
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