Alcoholic vs Tippler - What's the difference?
alcoholic | tippler |
A person addicted to alcohol.
* - Alcoholic
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, 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 seller of alcoholic liquors.
A habitual drinker; a bibber.
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A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
(UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.
As nouns the difference between alcoholic and tippler
is that alcoholic is a person addicted to alcohol while tippler is a seller of alcoholic liquors.As an adjective alcoholic
is of or pertaining to alcohol.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 ----tippler
English
(wikipedia tippler)Noun
(en noun)- they had picked up two fellows in that day’s march, one of which, he said, was as fine a man as ever he saw (meaning the tippler ),