dripping vs soaking

dripping and soaking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dripping	Yes	No	No	Yes
soaking	Yes	No	No	Yes

As adverbs, dripping and soaking are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dripping include sopping.

dripping (noun)	soaking (noun)
a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)	washing something by allowing it to soak
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop	the act of making something completely wet
	the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

dripping (adverb)	soaking (adverb)
extremely wet	extremely wet