Douse vs Saturate - What's the difference?
douse | saturate | Related terms |
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
To fall suddenly into water.
To put out; to extinguish.
To strike.
(nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
* 1815 , in the Annals of Philosophy , volume 6, page 332:
* Macaulay
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
Douse is a related term of saturate.
As verbs the difference between douse and saturate
is that douse is (ambitransitive) to plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse or douse can be to strike while saturate is to cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).As a noun douse
is a blow; stroke.douse
English
Etymology 1
Probably of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) and (douse) below.Alternative forms
*Verb
- (Hudibras)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) duschen, .Verb
(dous)Anagrams
*saturate
English
Verb
(saturat)- Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas,
- Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic.
- Rain saturated their clothes.
- After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated .
- One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.