wetting vs souse

wetting and souse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wetting	Yes	No	No	No
souse	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

wetting (noun)	souse (noun)
the act of making something wet	the act of making something completely wet
a euphemism for urination	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

wetting (verb)	souse (verb)
	cook in a marinade
	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	become drunk or drink excessively
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate