furl vs douse

furl and douse both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of furl include reef, bolt, gather in, take in, brail.

furl (verb)	douse (verb)
form into a cylinder by rolling	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	slacken
	lower quickly
	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