alcoholic vs hard drinker

alcoholic

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

  • Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism. 

  • Of or pertaining to alcohol. 

noun
  • One who abuses alcohol. 

  • A person addicted to alcohol. 

hard drinker

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