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Irrigation vs Soaking - What's the difference?

irrigation | soaking |

As nouns the difference between irrigation and soaking

is that irrigation is irrigation (the act or process of irrigating) while soaking is immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

As a verb soaking is

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As an adjective soaking is

extremely wet; saturated.

irrigation

English

(wikipedia irrigation)

Noun

  • The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
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    Derived terms

    * nasal irrigation

    soaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
    • 1906' ''"We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a '''soaking for our pains".'' — Horatio Alger, ''Joe the Hotel Boy , Chapter 2.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely wet; saturated.
    • 1847' ''I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still '''soaking wet with the floods of yesterday. — Charlotte Bronte, ''Jane Eyre , Chapter 5.