drunk/drunken

[worcester]

Hi everyone,

Is there any difference between these two sentences?

"I saw a drunk man lying in the street."
"I saw a drunken man lying in the street."

Thank you.

 

[Tdol]

Not in that context, though the first sounds more natural to me.

 

[Rover_KE]

See also the Similar Threads below, worcester, which the system has found for you thanks to your excellent thread title.

 

[Esredux]

You might also want to linguistically analyse (apart from merely enjoying it) various drunken/drunk collocations ;-)