Rinse vs. Soak — What's the Difference?

To wash lightly with water.

To immerse in liquid for a period of time

To remove (soap, for example) by washing lightly in water.

To make thoroughly wet or saturated

The act of washing lightly.

To absorb (liquid, for example) through pores or interstices

A solution, such as water, used in rinsing.

To be exposed to

A solution used in coloring or conditioning the hair.

(Informal) To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily

(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion

(transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.

To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.

To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

To make (a person) drunk.

The action of rinsing.

(Slang) To charge (a person) an inordinate amount for something

A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.

To be immersed in liquid

To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

To seep into or permeate something

To cleancse by the introduction of water; - applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.

To be taken in mentally

The act of rinsing.

(Slang) To drink to excess.

A liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

The act or process of soaking

The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

Liquid in which something may be soaked.

The act of giving a light tint to the hair

(Slang) A drunkard.

Washing lightly without soap

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

Wash off soap or remaining dirt

(transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

Clean with some chemical process

(intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;

(transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)

To take money from.

To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

To heat (a metal) before shaping it.

To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.

To absorb; to drain.

(slang) to engage in sexual activity with penetration but without hip thrusting (usually said of Mormons).

(transitive) To hit or strike.

An immersion in water etc.

A drunkard.

(slang) A carouse; a drinking session.

(Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

To drench; to wet thoroughly.

To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; - often with through.

Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid);

Washing something by allowing it to soak

Submerge in a liquid;

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;

Leave as a guarantee in return for money;

Beat severely; slang

Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

Become drunk or drink excessively

Fill, soak, or imbue totally;

Heat a metal prior to working it