Wash vs. Rinse
Difference Between Wash and Rinse
Washverb
To clean with water.
The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.Rinseverb
(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine.Washverb
(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.The flood washed away houses.Rinseverb
(transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.
Rinse the dishes after you wash them.Washverb
(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
Rinseverb
To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
You got rinsed.Washverb
(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
I wash every morning after getting up.Rinsenoun
The action of rinsing.
I'll just give this knife a quick rinse.Washverb
(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Waves wash the shore.Rinsenoun
A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
I had a henna rinse yesterday.Washverb
(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
to hear the water washingRinsenoun
a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
Washverb
(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
Rinsenoun
the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
Washverb
To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
Rinsenoun
the act of giving a light tint to the hair
Washverb
(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Some calicoes do not wash.Rinsenoun
washing lightly without soap
Washverb
(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
Rinseverb
wash off soap or remaining dirt
Washverb
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
Rinseverb
clean with some chemical process
Washverb
To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
steel washed with silverRinseverb
rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;
gargle with this liquidWashverb
(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
Washverb
(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
Washnoun
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.My jacket needs a wash.Washnoun
A liquid used for washing.
Washnoun
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
mouth washhand washWashnoun
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.Washnoun
(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
Washnoun
The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
I could hear the wash of the wave.Washnoun
The wake of a moving ship.
The ship left a big washSail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.Washnoun
The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
Washnoun
Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
Washnoun
A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
Washnoun
A shallow body of water.
Washnoun
In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
Washnoun
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
Washnoun
A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
Washnoun
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
Washnoun
In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Washnoun
A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
Washnoun
A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Washnoun
(nautical) The blade of an oar.
Washnoun
The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
Washnoun
Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
Washnoun
(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
a carriage wash in a stableWashnoun
(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
Washnoun
a thin coat of water-base paint
Washnoun
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Washnoun
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Washnoun
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway);
from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the waterWashnoun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Washnoun
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
Washnoun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Washnoun
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out;
at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a washWashverb
clean with some chemical process
Washverb
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Washverb
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
Wash the towels, please!Washverb
move by or as if by water;
The swollen river washed away the footbridgeWashverb
be capable of being washed;
Does this material wash?Washverb
admit to testing or proof;
This silly excuse won't wash in traffic courtWashverb
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Washverb
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Washverb
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent;
he washed the dirt from his coatThe nurse washed away the bloodCan you wash away the spots on the windows?he managed to wash out the stainsWashverb
form by erosion;
The river washed a ravine into the mountainsideWashverb
make moist;
The dew moistened the meadowsWashverb
wash or flow against;
the waves laved the shoreWashverb
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking;
The cat washes several times a day
