intoxicant vs slug

slug vs intoxicant

intoxicant and slug both are nouns.

intoxicant is an adjective but slug is not an adjective.

intoxicant is not a verb while slug is a verb.

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

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

intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
slug: an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

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, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, koumiss, kumis.

intoxicant (noun)	slug (noun)
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication	(boxing) a blow with the fist
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
	a projectile that is fired from a gun
	a strip of type metal used for spacing
	an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
	an idle slothful person
	a counterfeit coin
	a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

intoxicant (adjective)	slug (adjective)
causing intoxication

intoxicant (verb)	slug (verb)
	strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
	be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Difference between intoxicant and slug

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