Alcoholic vs Heeltap - What's the difference?
alcoholic | heeltap |
A person addicted to alcohol.
* - Alcoholic
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= One who abuses alcohol.
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
(dated) A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
* Sheridan
* (Thomas Love Peacock)
To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
As nouns the difference between alcoholic and heeltap
is that alcoholic is a person addicted to alcohol while heeltap is a piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.As an adjective alcoholic
is of or pertaining to alcohol.As a verb heeltap is
to add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).alcoholic
English
Noun
(en noun)- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
- Daddy was an alcoholic
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.}}
Synonyms
* dipsomaniac, drunkardAntonyms
* teetotaler, on the wagonSee also
*Adjective
(en adjective)- He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
- The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic .
Antonyms
* nonalcoholicDerived terms
* Alcoholics Anonymous ----heeltap
English
Noun
(en noun)- Bumpers around and no heeltaps .
- A heeltap ! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.