ret vs douse

ret and douse both are verbs.

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

As verbs, douse is a hypernym of ret; that is, douse is a word with a broader meaning than ret:

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

Other hypernyms of ret include dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse.

ret (verb)	douse (verb)
place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue	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