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douse vs flush

flush vs douse

douse is not a noun while flush is a noun.

douse is not an adjective while flush is an adjective.

douse and flush both are verbs.

douse is not an adverb while flush is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
douse No No Yes No
flush Yes Yes Yes Yes
As verbs, flush is a hyponym of douse; that is, flush is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than douse:
  • douse: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
  • flush: irrigate with water from a sluice
Other hyponyms of douse include brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, sluice.
douse (noun) flush (noun)
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
the swift release of a store of affective force
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
douse (adjective) flush (adjective)
of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
douse (verb) flush (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
slacken cause to flow through something
lower quickly rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate irrigate with water from a sluice
dip into a liquid cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
wet thoroughly make level or straight
put out, as of a candle or a light glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
douse (adverb) flush (adverb)
squarely or solidly
in the same plane
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