sot vs alcoholic

sot and alcoholic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sot	Yes	No	No	No
alcoholic	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of sot include alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse.

sot (noun)	alcoholic (noun)
a chronic drinker	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

sot (adjective)	alcoholic (adjective)
	characteristic of or containing alcohol
	addicted to alcohol