Rouses vs Douses - What's the difference?
rouses | douses |
(douse)
(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.
As verbs the difference between rouses and douses
is that rouses is (rouse) while douses is (douse).As a noun rouses
is .douses
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*douse
English
Etymology 1
Probably of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) and (douse) below.Alternative forms
*Verb
- (Hudibras)