intoxicant vs John Barleycorn

John Barleycorn vs intoxicant

intoxicant and John Barleycorn both are nouns.

intoxicant is an adjective but John Barleycorn is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intoxicant	Yes	Yes	No	No
John Barleycorn	Yes	No	No	No

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

intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
John Barleycorn: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Other hyponyms of intoxicant include proof spirit, home brew, homebrew, hooch, hootch, kava, kavakava, aperitif, brew, brewage, rice beer, sake, saki, nipa, vino, wine, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, liquor, spirits, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, cordial, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

intoxicant (noun)	John Barleycorn (noun)
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

intoxicant (adjective)	John Barleycorn (adjective)
causing intoxication

Difference between intoxicant and John Barleycorn

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