Smoking vs Alcoholic - What's the difference?
smoking | alcoholic |
The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
(by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
Giving off smoke.
(slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
A person addicted to alcohol.
* - Alcoholic
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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= One who abuses alcohol.
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
As nouns the difference between smoking and alcoholic
is that smoking is the burning and inhalation of tobacco while alcoholic is a person addicted to alcohol.As adjectives the difference between smoking and alcoholic
is that smoking is giving off smoke while alcoholic is of or pertaining to alcohol.As a verb smoking
is present participle of lang=en.smoking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- Smoking is permitted.
Derived terms
* smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment * smoking gun * smoking jacket * smoking roomAdjective
(en adjective)- That woman is smoking !
Derived terms
* smoking gun * smoking hotalcoholic
English
Noun
(en noun)- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
- Daddy was an alcoholic
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Synonyms
* dipsomaniac, drunkardAntonyms
* teetotaler, on the wagonSee also
*Adjective
(en adjective)- He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
- The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic .
