dip vs souse

dip and souse both are nouns.

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

As verbs, dip and souse are synonyms defined as:

dip and souse: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Other synonyms of dip include douse, dunk, plunge.

As verbs, souse is a hypernym of dip; that is, souse is a word with a broader meaning than dip:

Other hypernyms of dip include dip, douse, dunk, plunge.

dip (noun)	souse (noun)
a brief swim in water	the act of making something completely wet
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a brief immersion
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a depression in an otherwise level surface

dip (verb)	souse (verb)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid	cook in a marinade
go down momentarily	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
dip into a liquid while eating	become drunk or drink excessively
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
immerse in a disinfectant solution
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
dip into a liquid
appear to move downward
slope downwards
lower briefly
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
take a small amount from