different between intoxication vs intoxicate

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt?ks??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nt?ks??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: in?tox?i?ca?tion

Noun

intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)

1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

   He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

   Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness

3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Translations

French

Etymology

From intoxiquer +? -tion

Pronunciation

Noun

intoxication f (plural intoxications)

1. poisoning
2. the act of spreading false information or propaganda

Usage notes

In French, the word intoxication is used more broadly than in English to refer to the poisoning of an organism by a variety of means such as herbicide or poisonous gas as well as by alcohol or narcotics.

Derived terms

• intoxication alimentaire

Further reading

• “intoxication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

intoxication (uncountable)

1. intoxication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intoxic?tus, past participle of intoxic?, from Latin toxic? < toxicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (toxikón).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t/

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?k?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?k?t/

Verb

intoxicate (third-person singular simple present intoxicates, present participle intoxicating, simple past and past participle intoxicated)

1. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
2. To excite to enthusiasm or madness.

Synonyms

• (to stupefy): to drunken, inebriate

Related terms

• intoxication
• toxic

Translations

Adjective

intoxicate (comparative more intoxicate, superlative most intoxicate)

1. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
   • 1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston, Eastward Ho

     Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

Anagrams

• excitation