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Bucolic vs Alcoholic - What's the difference?

bucolic | alcoholic |

As adjectives the difference between bucolic and alcoholic

is that bucolic is rustic, pastoral, country-styled while alcoholic is alcoholic.

As nouns the difference between bucolic and alcoholic

is that bucolic is a pastoral poem while alcoholic is alcoholic.

bucolic

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
  • Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pastoral poem.
  • A rustic, peasant
  • See also
    * georgic

    alcoholic

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person addicted to alcohol.
  • * - Alcoholic
  • Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
    Daddy was an alcoholic
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
  • One who abuses alcohol.
  • Synonyms

    * dipsomaniac, drunkard

    Antonyms

    * teetotaler, on the wagon

    See also

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  • Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
  • He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
    The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic .
  • Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
  • Antonyms

    * nonalcoholic

    Derived terms

    * Alcoholics Anonymous ----