dowse vs bedraggle

dowse is a noun but bedraggle is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dowse	Yes	No	Yes	No
bedraggle	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of dowse include brine, draggle, bate, ret, flush, sluice.

dowse (noun)	bedraggle (noun)
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

dowse (verb)	bedraggle (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	make wet and dirty, as from rain
slacken
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
wet thoroughly