wet vs sprinkle

sprinkle vs wet

wet and sprinkle both are nouns.

wet is an adjective but sprinkle is not an adjective.

wet and sprinkle both are verbs.

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

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

wet: cause to become wet
sprinkle: scatter with liquid; wet lightly

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

wet (noun)	sprinkle (noun)
wetness caused by water	the act of sprinkling or splashing water
	a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

wet (adjective)	sprinkle (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)	sprinkle (verb)
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating	scatter with liquid; wet lightly
cause to become wet	cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
	distribute loosely
	rain gently

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