flush vs drench

drench vs flush

flush is a noun but drench is not a noun.

flush is an adjective but drench is not an adjective.

flush and drench both are verbs.

flush is an adverb but drench is not an adverb.

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

As verbs, drench is a hypernym of flush; that is, drench is a word with a broader meaning than flush:

flush: irrigate with water from a sluice
drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Other hypernyms of flush include douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse.

flush (noun)	drench (noun)
sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
the swift release of a store of affective force
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

flush (adjective)	drench (adjective)
of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

flush (verb)	drench (verb)
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
cause to flow through something	permeate or impregnate
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid	force to drink
irrigate with water from a sluice	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
make level or straight
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

flush (adverb)	drench (adverb)
squarely or solidly
in the same plane

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