drinkable vs intoxicant

intoxicant vs drinkable

drinkable and intoxicant both are nouns.

drinkable and intoxicant both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drinkable	Yes	Yes	No	No
intoxicant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, intoxicant is a hyponym of drinkable; that is, intoxicant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drinkable:

drinkable: any liquid suitable for drinking
intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hyponyms of drinkable include milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer, ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz, cider, cyder, chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate, fruit crush, fruit juice, ade, fruit drink, mate, soft drink, coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water, horchata, parahoma.

drinkable (noun)	intoxicant (noun)
any liquid suitable for drinking	a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

drinkable (adjective)	intoxicant (adjective)
suitable for drinking	causing intoxication

Difference between drinkable and intoxicant

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