souse vs bedraggle

souse is a noun but bedraggle is not a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of souse include brine, draggle, bate, ret, flush, sluice.

souse (noun)	bedraggle (noun)
the act of making something completely wet
pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

souse (verb)	bedraggle (verb)
cook in a marinade	make wet and dirty, as from rain
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
become drunk or drink excessively
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate