drinker vs bacchanal
bacchanal vs drinkerdrinker and bacchanal both are nouns.
drinker is not an adjective while bacchanal is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| drinker | Yes | No | No | No |
| bacchanal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
bacchanal is a hyponym of
drinker; that is, bacchanal is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
drinker:
- drinker: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
- bacchanal: someone who engages in drinking bouts
Other hyponyms of drinker include
bar fly, ale drinker, beer drinker, drunk, drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino, guzzler, moderationist, bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller, social drinker, tippler, carouser, wassailer.
| drinker (noun) | bacchanal (noun) |
|---|---|
| a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| a person who drinks liquids | someone who engages in drinking bouts |
| a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus |
| drinker (adjective) | bacchanal (adjective) |
|---|---|
| used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
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