intoxicant vs wine

wine vs intoxicant

intoxicant and wine both are nouns.

intoxicant is an adjective but wine is not an adjective.

intoxicant is not a verb while wine is a verb.

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

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

intoxicant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
wine: fermented juice (of grapes especially)

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

intoxicant (noun)	wine (noun)
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication	a red as dark as red wine
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	fermented juice (of grapes especially)

intoxicant (adjective)	wine (adjective)
causing intoxication

intoxicant (verb)	wine (verb)
	drink wine
	treat to wine

Difference between intoxicant and wine

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