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Inebriated vs Drunken - What's the difference?

inebriated | drunken |

Drunken is a synonym of inebriated.



As adjectives the difference between inebriated and drunken

is that inebriated is behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner while drunken is drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.

As verbs the difference between inebriated and drunken

is that inebriated is past tense of inebriate while drunken is form of Alternative past participle|drink|lang=en.

inebriated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated .}}

    Synonyms

    * (behaving as though affected by alcohol) drunk, intoxicated * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inebriate)

    • drunken

    English

    Adjective

    (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

    Synonyms

    * drunk; see also

    Derived terms

    * drunken noodles

    Verb

    (head)
    • English adjectives ending in -en ----