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wet vs water

water vs wet

wet and water both are nouns.

wet is an adjective but water is not an adjective.

wet and water both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wet Yes Yes Yes No
water Yes No Yes No
As verbs, water is a hyponym of wet; that is, water is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wet:
  • wet: cause to become wet
  • water: 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, irrigate, besprinkle, sparge, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, douse, dowse.
wet (noun) water (noun)
wetness caused by water a facility that provides a source of water
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
liquid excretory product
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
wet (adjective) water (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) water (verb)
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
cause to become wet supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
fill with tears
provide with water
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