bate vs drench

bate and drench both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bate	No	No	Yes	No
drench	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drench is a hypernym of bate; that is, drench is a word with a broader meaning than bate:

bate: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Other hypernyms of bate include douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse.

bate (verb)	drench (verb)
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons	permeate or impregnate
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of	force to drink
	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged