cook vs souse

cook and souse both are nouns.

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

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

cook (noun)	souse (noun)
someone who cooks food	the act of making something completely wet
	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

cook (verb)	souse (verb)
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating	cook in a marinade
transform by heating	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
prepare for eating by applying heat	become drunk or drink excessively
prepare a hot meal	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
tamper, with the purpose of deception