douse vs drench

douse and drench both are verbs.

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

As verbs, douse and drench are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of douse include dowse, soak, sop, souse.

douse (verb)	drench (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
slacken	permeate or impregnate
lower quickly	force to drink
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
dip into a liquid
wet thoroughly
put out, as of a candle or a light