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Imbibe vs Carouse - What's the difference?

imbibe | carouse |

As verbs the difference between imbibe and carouse

is that imbibe is to drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages) while carouse is to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

As a noun carouse is

a large draught of liquor.

imbibe

English

Verb

(imbib)
  • To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
  • (figuratively) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge.

    • Derived terms

    * imbiber * imbibement

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * beverage

    carouse

    English

    Verb

    (carous)
  • To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
    • We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
  • To drink to excess.
    • If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

    Derived terms

    * carousal * carousel * carrousel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large draught of liquor.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • a full carouse of sack
  • * Shakespeare
    • Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
  • A drinking match; a carousal.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The early feast and late carouse .

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