Inebriate vs Exhilarate - What's the difference?
inebriate | exhilarate |
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
(archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
*, II.2.4:
To thrill refreshingly.
To bring new life to.
As verbs the difference between inebriate and exhilarate
is that inebriate is to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate while exhilarate is (archaic) to make happy, cheer up; to gladden.As a noun inebriate
is a person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.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.
exhilarate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
- Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.