booze vs souse

booze and souse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
booze	Yes	No	Yes	No
souse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, souse is a hyponym of booze; that is, souse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than booze:

Other hyponyms of booze include tank, port, claret, bar hop, pub-crawl, bib, tipple, hit it up, inebriate, soak, wine, carry, hold.

booze (noun)	souse (noun)
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented	the act of making something completely wet
	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

booze (verb)	souse (verb)
consume alcohol	cook in a marinade
	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	become drunk or drink excessively
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate