sop vs sluice

sop and sluice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sop	Yes	No	Yes	No
sluice	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of sop include brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, flush.

sop (noun)	sluice (noun)
a concession given to mollify or placate	conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

sop (verb)	sluice (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	irrigate with water from a sluice
dip into liquid	draw through a sluice
be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid	transport in or send down a sluice
give a conciliatory gift or bribe to	pour as if from a sluice