alcoholic vs spirituous

alcoholic

adj
  • Of or pertaining to alcohol. 

  • Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism. 

noun
  • One who abuses alcohol. 

  • A person addicted to alcohol. 

spirituous

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol 

  • Distilled 

How often have the words alcoholic and spirituous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )