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Trickle vs Drench - What's the difference?

trickle | drench |

As nouns the difference between trickle and drench

is that trickle is a very thin river while drench is a draught administered to an animal or drench can be (obsolete|uk) a military vassal, mentioned in the domesday book.

As verbs the difference between trickle and drench

is that trickle is to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously while drench is to soak, to make very wet.

trickle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A very thin river.
    • The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle .
  • A very thin flow; the act of trickling .
    • The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.

    Verb

    (trickl)
  • to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously
    • The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
  • to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
    • Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
    The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • Her white night-dress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man's bare chest which was shown by his torn-open dress.
  • To move or roll slowly.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Their only shot of the first period was a long-range strike from top-scorer Ebanks-Blake which trickled tamely wide.}}

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    drench

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) drenchen, from (etyl) . More at drink.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A draught administered to an animal.
  • (obsolete) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
  • * Dryden
    • A drench of wine.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Give my roan horse a drench .

    Verb

  • To soak, to make very wet.
  • * Dryden
    • Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
  • To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
    • Related terms
    * drenched

    Etymology 2

    Anglo-Saxon dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icelandic drengr.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete, UK) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
    • (Burrill)