Inundate vs Drench - What's the difference?
inundate | drench | Related terms |
To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
To overwhelm.
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
* Shakespeare
To soak, to make very wet.
* Dryden
To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
(obsolete, UK) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Inundate is a related term of drench.
As verbs the difference between inundate and drench
is that inundate is to cover with large amounts of water; to flood while drench is to soak, to make very wet.As a noun drench is
a draught administered to an animal or drench can be (obsolete|uk) a military vassal, mentioned in the domesday book.inundate
English
Verb
(inundat)- The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
- The agency was inundated with phone calls.
Synonyms
* (to cover with water) deluge, flood, beflood * (to overwhelm) deluge, flood, beflooddrench
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) drenchen, from (etyl) . More at drink.Noun
(es)- A drench of wine.
- Give my roan horse a drench .
Verb
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
Etymology 2
Anglo-Saxon dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icelandic drengr.Noun
(es)- (Burrill)