intoxicant vs liqueur

liqueur vs intoxicant

intoxicant and liqueur both are nouns.

intoxicant is an adjective but liqueur is not an adjective.

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

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

intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
liqueur: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

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, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, cordial, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

intoxicant (noun)	liqueur (noun)
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication	strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

intoxicant (adjective)	liqueur (adjective)
causing intoxication

Difference between intoxicant and liqueur

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