What's the difference between drench and moisten?

Drench


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.
  • (v. t.) To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
  • (v. t.) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
  • (n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Back then, the entire city felt drenched in sensuality, and so did my home.
  • (2) Since it is only slightly soluble in water, it is processed in a suspension dosage form as a drench.
  • (3) Other aspects of the recommended program including reduction of drenching frequency and the use of alternative management strategies were not considered as important by farmers.
  • (4) Thereafter 2 groups each of sheep and goats were infested artificially with these parasites, and one group of each animal species was drenched with albendazole at 4.75 mg kg-1 in a second trial.
  • (5) To butcher TS Eliot: I have seen the mercury of my thermometer flicker, And I have seen the eternal footman hold my sheets drenched in sweat at 3am, and snicker, And in short, I was too hot.
  • (6) About 10,000 people attended a rain-drenched rally in Sydney addressed by the Labor deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek.
  • (7) "It's synaesthetic to some extent," decides Alex, of his neon-drenched sleeve designs.
  • (8) A good repeatability was generally also noticed for each animal individually; the bioavailability of the drug did not seem to be different from that obtained after administration of albendazole as an oral drench.
  • (9) Green prayer-mats were beds, tables were used as stretchers, while those already treated – blood drenching their shirts – sprawled against the walls at the side.
  • (10) Flagstaff in Arizona had 11 inches of snow early Sunday, while metro Phoenix and other parts of central Arizona were drenched with several inches of rain, causing the cancellation of sporting events and parades.
  • (11) The killing fields of Gallipoli and the Somme had been drenched in blood for a "noble cause", declared Michael Gove.
  • (12) Plus, the sauce-drenched chicken felt like a waste of free-range hen.
  • (13) For Dieudonne's act is drenched in anti-Jewish racism.
  • (14) Rome in The Great Beauty Released 2013, directed by Paolo Sorrentino Facebook Twitter Pinterest I can’t think of any city so drenched with infatuated love, and yet also a kind of disillusion and disenchantment, as the Rome of Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty .
  • (15) Fenbendazole may be administered as a drench or as medicated feed.
  • (16) At 4, 8, 16 and 24 h after drenching the sheep were killed and the flukes removed, washed and rapidly frozen in liquid nitrogen.
  • (17) The agent's fragility in water led hospital staff in Syria to uses hoses to drench rooms where they received victims after chemical attacks.
  • (18) Anthelmintic efficacy of levamisole against induced infections with 7- and 21-day-old Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumcincta, Trichostrongylus axei, and T colubriformis was evaluated as an oral drench in goats.
  • (19) In a field study, S. carpocapsae (5 x 10(6) and 2 x 10(6) drench, 2 x 10(6) infective juvenile infection) was applied to active fire ant mounds in 3.8-liter suspensions.
  • (20) In the third, Mayweather switched from speed to power, doing as he pleased, and knocking back that distinctive red mop, now drenched in the sweat of anxiety and effort.

Moisten


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
  • (v. t.) To soften by making moist; to make tender.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At normal arterial pressure blowing moistened O2 over the CB did not affect Pto2 if the electrode tip was about 90 mum into the CB.
  • (2) Disc assay filter paper discs were moistened using the standard capillary action procedure and a method incorporating the use of a 90-microliters micropipetter.
  • (3) A small strip of special indicator sorbent paper (test stick) is moistened with this mixture for one minute.
  • (4) The unusually long period of time that the tooth survived might be attributed to a different approach to the replantation technique, such as occlusion adjustment prior to replantation, preoperative reduction of oral cavity bacteria and of the harmful aerosols commonly found in the dental operatory, placement of a noneugenol periodontal packing under the acrylic splint to prevent residual liquid monomer from seeping into the periodontal space, use of the patient's own blood and no other material to moisten the root while it was out of the socket, a short extraoral period, loose splinting, complete isolation of the operative site in the oral cavity, and completion of periodontal therapy before intentional replantation.
  • (5) Chemosterilization utilizing glutaraldehyde-moistened gauze as a wrap on simulated metal instruments was evaluated.
  • (6) To prevent from the recurrence of the disease it is sufficient to process the hydatid cyst fibrosal tunic with a tampon moistened with 5% formaline or 1% tripaflavine solution.
  • (7) These isolates grew very well on Gonococcal Agar and Mueller-Hinton Agar incubated at 34 degrees C in candle extinction jars containing moistened filter paper.
  • (8) After moistening with the aldehyde (HPE) it was fit tightly to the inner surface of the cap and, in situ, to the portio surface as well.
  • (9) If the fabric was moistened, sterilization occurred within five minutes.
  • (10) Results showed a consistent superiority of Solcoseryl eye drops in respect to speed of healing of corneal erosions and moistening of the cornea in the 'dry eye' syndrome which reached statistical significance in some parameters.
  • (11) After preclinical tests with additively moistened silicons and a new hydrophilic coating, clinical evaluation was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the american health authorities (FDA).
  • (12) A powerful compressor (2 M3.H-1 flow--3 bar pressure) draws up the moistened and warmed gases and injects them into a double pneumatic capacity.
  • (13) I couldn’t go through this again.” John regards Eve and for the first time, his eyes moisten.
  • (14) In the fine needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid gland by the moistening of cannule and syringe with heparin or citric sodium rather disadvantages for the evaluation are the result.
  • (15) When the plant is crushed and moistened, allylisothiocyanate (AITC) is formed along with glucose and potassium acid sulfate.
  • (16) A water-moistened pacifier reduced crying to 49% (P less than .01).
  • (17) Moistening of the mucosa of gastric corpus with these juices seems to be unimportant.
  • (18) The nonstick properties always become obvious when the dressings are moistened.
  • (19) The glands responsible for these cysts are believed to function by moistening the mucous membrane of the vocal cords.
  • (20) Effect of disc moistening method on the Bacillus stearothermophilus disc assay zone size was studied.