As nouns the difference between drinker and sot
is that
drinker is agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks while
sot is soot.
drinker English
Noun
( en noun)
Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis, especially when to an extent that is likely to impair his or her well-being.
A device from which animals can drink.
- a bell drinker
- a nipple drinker
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* 2011 , Tony Black, Gutted (page 88)
- Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scorsporl instead of going down the drinker .
Derived terms
* nondrinker
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sot English
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) stupid person; fool
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
- Remember / First to possess his books; for without them / He's but a sot , as I am
* Oldham
- In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, / And reverence some deified Baboon.
drunkard
* Roscommon
- Every sign / That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
Derived terms
* sottish
Verb
To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
* Dryden
- I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted .
Derived terms
* sotted
Anagrams
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