drench vs ret

drench and ret both are verbs.

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

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

drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
ret: place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

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

drench (verb)	ret (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
permeate or impregnate
force to drink
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged