douse vs bate

douse and bate both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of douse include brine, bedraggle, draggle, ret, flush, sluice.

douse (verb)	bate (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
slacken	flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
lower quickly	moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
dip into a liquid
wet thoroughly
put out, as of a candle or a light