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wet vs wash

wash vs wet

wet and wash both are nouns.

wet is an adjective but wash is not an adjective.

wet and wash both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wet Yes Yes Yes No
wash Yes No Yes No
As verbs, wash is a hyponym of wet; that is, wash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wet:
  • wet: cause to become wet
  • wash: make moist
Other hyponyms of wet include bedew, douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse, dampen, moisten, irrigate, water, besprinkle, sparge, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, douse, dowse.
wet (noun) wash (noun)
wetness caused by water any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
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)
wet (adjective) wash (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) wash (verb)
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
cause to become wet to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
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
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