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Intoxicant vs Nonintoxicant - What's the difference?

intoxicant | nonintoxicant |

As nouns the difference between intoxicant and nonintoxicant

is that intoxicant is that which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants while nonintoxicant is a substance that is not an intoxicant.

As an adjective intoxicant

is intoxicating.

intoxicant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
  • Poison.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Intoxicating.

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    nonintoxicant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance that is not an intoxicant.