drunkard vs soaker

drunkard and soaker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drunkard	Yes	No	No	No
soaker	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of drunkard include alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse.

drunkard (noun)	soaker (noun)
a chronic drinker	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
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