watering vs sprinkle

watering and sprinkle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
watering	Yes	No	No	No
sprinkle	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of watering include sparge, sprinkling.

watering (noun)	sprinkle (noun)
wetting with water	the act of sprinkling or splashing water
shedding tears	a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

watering (verb)	sprinkle (verb)
	scatter with liquid; wet lightly
	cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
	distribute loosely
	rain gently