ret vs drench

ret and drench both are verbs.

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

As verbs, drench is a hypernym of ret; that is, drench 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
drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

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

ret (verb)	drench (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
	permeate or impregnate
	force to drink
	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged