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Intoxicated vs Inebriated - What's the difference?

intoxicated | inebriated |

Inebriated is a synonym of intoxicated.



As adjectives the difference between intoxicated and inebriated

is that intoxicated is stupefied by alcohol, drunk while inebriated is behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

As verbs the difference between intoxicated and inebriated

is that intoxicated is past tense of intoxicate while inebriated is past tense of inebriate.

intoxicated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
  • Stupefied by any chemical substance.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (intoxicate)

    • 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)