drench vs douse

drench and douse both are verbs.

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

As verbs, drench and douse are synonyms defined as:

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

drench (verb)	douse (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
permeate or impregnate	slacken
force to drink	lower quickly
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged	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