Souse vs. Sauce

Sousenoun

Something kept or steeped in brine

Saucenoun

A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

‘apple sauce; mint sauce’;

Sousenoun

The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

Saucenoun

Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:

‘[meat] pie and [tomato] sauce’;

Sousenoun

A pickle made with salt.

Saucenoun

Alcohol, booze.

‘Maybe you should lay off the sauce.’;

Sousenoun

The ear; especially, a hog's ear.

Saucenoun

(bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.

Sousenoun

The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Saucenoun

(art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

Sousenoun

A person suffering from alcoholism.

Saucenoun

(internet slang) lang=en, often used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.

Sousenoun

The act of sousing, or swooping.

Saucenoun

(dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.

Sousenoun

A heavy blow.

Saucenoun

Vegetables.

Sousenoun

(obsolete) A sou (the French coin).

Saucenoun

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

Sousenoun

(dated) A small amount.

Sauceverb

To add sauce to; to season.

Souseverb

(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.

Sauceverb

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.

Souseverb

(transitive) To steep in brine; to pickle.

Sauceverb

To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

Souseverb

To strike, beat.

Sauceverb

(colloquial) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

Souseverb

To fall heavily.

Saucenoun

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.

‘High sauces and rich spices fetched from the Indies.’;

Souseverb

To pounce upon.

Saucenoun

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

‘Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt.’;

Sousenoun

Pickle made with salt.

Saucenoun

Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.

Sousenoun

Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

‘And he that can rear up a pig in his house,Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse.’;

Saucenoun

Sauciness; impertinence.

Sousenoun

The ear; especially, a hog's ear.

Saucenoun

A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

Sousenoun

The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Sauceverb

To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.

Sousenoun

The act of sousing, or swooping.

‘As a falcon fairThat once hath failed or her souse full near.’;

Sauceverb

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.

‘Earth, yield me roots;Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palateWith thy most operant poison!’;

Souseverb

To steep in pickle; to pickle.

Sauceverb

To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

‘Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings.’; ‘Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings.’;

Souseverb

To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

‘They soused me over head and ears in water.’;

Sauceverb

To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

‘I'll sauce her with bitter words.’;

Souseverb

To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

‘Although I be well soused in this shower.’;

Saucenoun

flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

Souseverb

To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.

‘For then I viewed his plunge and souseInto the foamy main.’; ‘Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare.’;

Sauceverb

behave saucy or impudently towards

Souseverb

To pounce upon.

‘[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers,To souse annoyance that comes near his nest.’;

Sauceverb

dress (food) with a relish

Souseadverb

With a sudden swoop; violently.

Sauceverb

add zest or flavor to, make more interesting;

‘sauce the roast’;

Sousenoun

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Sauce

In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to a dish.

Sousenoun

pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

Sousenoun

the act of making something completely wet;

‘he gave it a good drenching’;

Souseverb

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;

‘souse water on his hot face’;

Souseverb

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

‘dip the garment into the cleaning solution’; ‘dip the brush into the paint’;

Souseverb

become drunk or drink excessively

Souseverb

cook in a marinade;

‘souse herring’;