2. dominated by some feeling as if by alcohol. 3. of, relating to, or caused by intoxication . 1. intoxicated or habitually intoxicated. The first definition above equates being drunk with intoxication. Whereas being drunk includes heavy intoxication, it also includes all degrees of intoxication.
Intoxication occurs with the first drink of alcohol and merely increases with each additional drink.
With this word, a determination of its meaning independent of the context in which it appears is self-serving rather than bonafide biblical exegesis. One cannot practice social drinking without violating all the passages that warn against drunkenness. The very nature of alcohol begins affecting one the moment any of it is ingested . Greater consumption merely produces greater intoxication. Drunkenness and intoxication are synonyms.