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What is the difference between drunkard and drunk?

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Drunk is a derived term of drunkard.

Drunk is a synonym of drunkard.

Drunk is a related term of drunkard.



As nouns the difference between drunkard and drunk

is that drunkard is a person who is habitually drunk while drunk is a habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

As an adjective drunk is

in a state of intoxication caused by the consumption of excessive alcohol, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

As a verb drunk is

past participle of lang=en.

drunkard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is habitually drunk.

    • Synonyms

    * alcoholic * dipsomaniac * pisshead * tosspot * See also

    Antonyms

    * abstain * teetotaller * temperance * on the wagon * pioneer

    Related terms

    * drunk * drunken

    drunk

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In a state of intoxication caused by the consumption of excessive alcohol, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
  • (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
    • Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
  • * Macaulay
    • drunk with recent prosperity
  • Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 42
    • I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.

    Synonyms

    * (intoxicated from alcohol) blitzed, drunken, ebrious, hammered, pissed, tipsy, wasted, smashed; see also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from drunk) * drunkard * drunk as a skunk * drunk driver * drunk driving * drunken * drunkenness * punch drunk * drunk tank

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
  • * 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 10
    • Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.
  • A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
  • * 1858 , "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times , 8 Jun., p. 4:
    • Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas.
  • A drunken state.
  • * 2006 , Patrick McCabe, Winterwood , Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
    • Here – help yourself to another drop there, Redmond! By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!

    Derived terms

    * cheap drunk * expensive drunk * good drunk

    Synonyms

    * (habitual drinker) alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot; see also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Southern US) (drink)
    • English irregular past participles