Inebriate vs Drinker - What's the difference?
inebriate | drinker |
A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
* 1889 , , Driven From Home , ch. 18:
To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
(figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
* Macaulay
To become drunk.
intoxicated; drunk
* Udall
Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis, especially when to an extent that is likely to impair his or her well-being.
A device from which animals can drink.
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* 2011 , Tony Black, Gutted (page 88)
As nouns the difference between inebriate and drinker
is that inebriate is a person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk while drinker is agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.As a verb inebriate
is to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.As an adjective inebriate
is intoxicated; drunk.inebriate
English
Noun
(en noun)- As he walked along, the inebriate , whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.
Synonyms
* drunkardVerb
(inebriat)- The inebriating effect of popular applause.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* intoxicateDerived terms
* inebriacy * inebriant * inebriation * inebriative * inebriety * inebriism * inebriousAdjective
(en adjective)- Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said.
drinker
English
Noun
(en noun)- a bell drinker
- a nipple drinker
- Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scorsporl instead of going down the drinker .