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Alcoholic vs Inebriate - What's the difference?

alcoholic | inebriate |

As adjectives the difference between alcoholic and inebriate

is that alcoholic is alcoholic while inebriate is intoxicated; drunk.

As nouns the difference between alcoholic and inebriate

is that alcoholic is alcoholic while inebriate is a person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.

As a verb inebriate is

to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.

alcoholic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person addicted to alcohol.
  • * - Alcoholic
    • Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
    Daddy was an alcoholic
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
  • One who abuses alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * dipsomaniac, drunkard

    Antonyms

    * teetotaler, on the wagon

    See also

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  • Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
    • He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
    The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic .
  • Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism

    • Antonyms

    * nonalcoholic

    Related terms

    * alcohol

    Derived terms

    * Alcoholics Anonymous ----

    inebriate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
  • * 1889 , , Driven From Home , ch. 18:
    • As he walked along, the inebriate , whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.

    Synonyms

    * drunkard

    Verb

    (inebriat)
  • To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
  • (figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
  • * Macaulay
    • The inebriating effect of popular applause.
  • To become drunk.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * intoxicate

    Derived terms

    * inebriacy * inebriant * inebriation * inebriative * inebriety * inebriism * inebrious

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • intoxicated; drunk
  • * Udall
    • Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.
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