wet vs irrigate

irrigate vs wet

wet is a noun but irrigate is not a noun.

wet is an adjective but irrigate is not an adjective.

wet and irrigate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
irrigate	No	No	Yes	No

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

wet: cause to become wet
irrigate: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

Other hyponyms of wet include bedew, douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse, dampen, moisten, wash, water, besprinkle, sparge, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, douse, dowse.

wet (noun)	irrigate (noun)
wetness caused by water

wet (adjective)	irrigate (adjective)
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
producing or secreting milk
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
containing moisture or volatile components
consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
very drunk

wet (verb)	irrigate (verb)
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating	supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
cause to become wet	supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

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