plunge vs souse

plunge and souse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plunge	Yes	No	Yes	No
souse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, plunge and souse are synonyms defined as:

plunge and souse: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Other synonyms of plunge include dip, douse, dunk.

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

Other hyponyms of plunge include dip, dunk, dip, douse, dunk, plunge, dip, dip, submerge, submerse, soak, sheathe.

plunge (noun)	souse (noun)
a brief swim in water	the act of making something completely wet
a steep and rapid fall	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

plunge (verb)	souse (verb)
begin with vigor	cook in a marinade
devote (oneself) fully to	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
cause to be immersed	become drunk or drink excessively
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
thrust or throw into
fall abruptly
drop steeply
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity