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Drinking vs Carousing - What's the difference?

drinking | carousing |

As verbs the difference between drinking and carousing

is that drinking is present participle of lang=en while carousing is present participle of carouse.

As nouns the difference between drinking and carousing

is that drinking is an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages while carousing is carousal.

drinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
  • * 1853 , Susan Bogert Warner, The wide, wide world (page 372)
    • At home there were other studies and much reading; many tea drinkings on the lawn, and even breakfastings, which she thought pleasanter still.

    carousing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • carousal