different between alcoholism vs alcoholic
alcoholism
English
Etymology
From alcohol +? -ism.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ælk?(?)h?l??z?m/ /?ælk?h?l??z?m/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ælk?h?l??z?m/
Noun
alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)
- A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- Synonym: dipsomania
- (pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.
Hypernyms
- (addiction): alcohol use disorder (“AUD”) (DSM5)
Derived terms
- -holism
Related terms
Translations
References
alcoholism From the web:
- what alcoholism does to the brain
- what alcoholism does to your body
- what alcoholism does to your face
- what alcoholism does to relationships
- what alcoholism does to a marriage
- what alcoholism feels like
- what alcoholism does to your family
- what alcoholism looks like
alcoholic
English
Etymology
First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
- (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
- Rhymes: -?l?k
Noun
alcoholic (plural alcoholics)
- A person addicted to alcohol.
- 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic
- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
Daddy was an alcoholic
- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
- 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic
- One who abuses alcohol.
Synonyms
- (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard
Antonyms
- (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler
Translations
See also
- friend of Bill W.
Adjective
alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)
- Of or pertaining to alcohol.
- Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
- He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
- The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.
- Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:alcoholic
Antonyms
- nonalcoholic
Derived terms
- Alcoholics Anonymous
Related terms
- alcohol
Translations
Anagrams
- colaholic
Interlingua
Adjective
alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)
- alcoholic (containing alcohol)
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- what alcoholic drinks are gluten free
- what alcoholic drink am i
- what alcoholic drink goes with eggnog
- what alcoholic drink has the least sugar
- what alcoholic drink has the most alcohol
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