surface-active agent vs wetter

surface-active agent and wetter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surface-active agent	Yes	No	No	No
wetter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surface-active agent and wetter are synonyms defined as:

surface-active agent and wetter: a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

Other synonyms of surface-active agent include surfactant, wetting agent.

surface-active agent (noun)	wetter (noun)
a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved	a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
	someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
	a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved