Difference between Dripping and Wet

What is the difference between Dripping and Wet?

Dripping as a verb is to fall one drop at a time. while Wet as a verb is to cover or impregnate with liquid.

Dripping

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall one drop at a time.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.

Example sentence: People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like to sit on his roof in the sunshine - and there's an endless amount of just sitting there, going, 'So, erm, er, what shall we do?'

Wet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Liquid or moisture.Rainy weather.A moderate Conservative.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.Of weather or a day, rainy.Made up of liquid or moisture.Of a person, ineffectual.Of a woman, sexually aroused.Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.Working with chemical or biological matter.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover or impregnate with liquid.To urinate accidentally in or on.To become wet

Example sentence: Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

We hope you now know whether to use Dripping or Wet in your sentence.

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