souse vs sop

souse and sop both are nouns.

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

As verbs, souse and sop are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of souse include douse, dowse, drench, soak.

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

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

souse (noun)	sop (noun)
the act of making something completely wet	a concession given to mollify or placate
pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled	piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

souse (verb)	sop (verb)
cook in a marinade	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	dip into liquid
become drunk or drink excessively	be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	give a conciliatory gift or bribe to