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Dipsomaniac vs Drinker - What's the difference?

dipsomaniac | drinker |

As nouns the difference between dipsomaniac and drinker

is that dipsomaniac is one with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic while drinker is agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

dipsomaniac

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
  • A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.

    • Synonyms

    * alcoholic * dipso * drunkard * sot * lush

    Antonyms

    * abstain * teetotal * temperance * on the wagon

    Related terms

    * dipsomania * dipsomaniacal

    drinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
  • Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis, especially when to an extent that is likely to impair his or her well-being.
  • A device from which animals can drink.
    • a bell drinker
    a nipple drinker
  • pub
  • * 2011 , Tony Black, Gutted (page 88)
    • Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scorsporl instead of going down the drinker .

    Derived terms

    * nondrinker