souse vs dabble

souse is a noun but dabble is not a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of souse include sop, dip, douse, duck.

souse (noun)	dabble (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)	dabble (verb)
cook in a marinade	dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
become drunk or drink excessively	play in or as if in water, as of small children
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	work with in an amateurish manner