Inebriate vs Drunken - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between inebriate and drunken

is that inebriate is to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate while drunken is .

is that inebriate is intoxicated; drunk while drunken is drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.

is a person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.

(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.

* drunkard

(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)

* intoxicate

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

(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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(en adjective)

Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage

* "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."

drunken''' noodles; '''drunken''' duck; '''drunken fried rice

* drunk; see also

* drunken noodles

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