Difference between Alcohol and Inebriant

What is the difference between Alcohol and Inebriant?

Alcohol as a noun is any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-oh). while Inebriant as a noun is an intoxicating agent.

Alcohol

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.

Example sentence: Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!

Inebriant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An Intoxicating agent.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Intoxicating; inebriating.

We hope you now know whether to use Alcohol or Inebriant in your sentence.

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