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soaking vs wetting

wetting vs soaking

soaking and wetting both are nouns.

soaking is an adverb but wetting is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
soaking Yes No No Yes
wetting Yes No No No
As nouns, wetting is a hypernym of soaking; that is, wetting is a word with a broader meaning than soaking:
  • soaking: the act of making something completely wet
  • wetting: the act of making something wet
soaking (noun) wetting (noun)
washing something by allowing it to soak the act of making something wet
the act of making something completely wet a euphemism for urination
the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
soaking (adverb) wetting (adverb)
extremely wet
Difference between soaking and wetting

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