souse vs booze

souse and booze both are nouns.

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

As verbs, booze is a hypernym of souse; that is, booze is a word with a broader meaning than souse:

Other hypernyms of souse include drink, fuddle, hit the bottle.

souse (noun)	booze (noun)
the act of making something completely wet	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

souse (verb)	booze (verb)
cook in a marinade	consume alcohol
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
become drunk or drink excessively
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate