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Dipsomaniac vs Toper - What's the difference?

dipsomaniac | toper |

As nouns the difference between dipsomaniac and toper

is that dipsomaniac is one with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic while toper is someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.

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

    toper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.

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