intoxicant vs spirits

spirits vs intoxicant

intoxicant and spirits both are nouns.

intoxicant is an adjective but spirits is not an adjective.

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

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

intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
spirits: 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, John Barleycorn, liquor, strong drink, ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, pulque, cordial, liqueur, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis.

intoxicant (noun)	spirits (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)	spirits (adjective)
causing intoxication

Difference between intoxicant and spirits

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