drench vs bate

drench and bate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

drench (verb)	bate (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
permeate or impregnate	flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
force to drink	moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged