Which should you use, stimulant or stimulus? The noun stimulant means a substance, such as a drug, which makes the mind or body more active; stimulant also means something that makes or causes something else to grow or develop. The noun stimulus means something that causes growth or activity.
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Quit drinking stimulus such as coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages.
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Quit drinking stimulants such as coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages.
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