The difference between Dipsomaniac and Lush

When used as nouns, dipsomaniac means one with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol, whereas lush means drunkard, sot, alcoholic.


Lush is also verb with the meaning: to drink (liquor) to excess.

Lush is also adjective with the meaning: lax.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dipsomaniac and Lush

  1. Dipsomaniac as a noun:

    One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.

  2. Dipsomaniac as a noun:

    A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.

  1. Lush as an adjective (obsolete):

    Lax; slack; limp; flexible.

  2. Lush as an adjective (dialectal):

    Mellow; soft; easily turned.

  3. Lush as an adjective (of [[vegetation]]):

    Dense, teeming with life.

  4. Lush as an adjective (slang, of [[food]]):

    Luxuriant, delicious.

    Examples:

    "That meal was lush! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!"

  5. Lush as an adjective (British, slang):

    Beautiful, sexy.

    Examples:

    "Boys with long hair are lush!"

  6. Lush as an adjective (British, Canada, slang):

    Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.

    Examples:

    "Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!"

  1. Lush as a noun (slang, pejorative):

    Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

  2. Lush as a noun (slang):

    Intoxicating liquor.

  3. Lush as a noun (Hawaii, Pidgin, slang):

    A person who enjoys talking about themselves

    Examples:

    "Am I humble or am I a lush?"

  1. Lush as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To drink (liquor) to excess.