wash vs rinse

wash and rinse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No
rinse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rinse is a hyponym of wash; that is, rinse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wash:

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

Other hyponyms of wash include sponge down, scrub, scrub up, gargle, shampoo, hush, wash.

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

As verbs, wash and rinse are synonyms defined as:

wash (noun)	rinse (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out	washing lightly without soap
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	the act of giving a light tint to the hair
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering	the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other	a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

wash (verb)	rinse (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water	rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking	wash off soap or remaining dirt
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent	clean with some chemical process
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof