Difference between Moisten and Wash

What is the difference between Moisten and Wash?

Moisten as a verb is to make moist or moister. while Wash as a verb is to clean with water.

Moisten

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make moist or moister. To become moist or moister.

Wash

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To clean with water.To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.A liquid used for washing.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.The wake of a moving ship.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.A shallow body of water.In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadiA lack of progress or regress; no change

Example sentence: It's said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. In that case, the WWE 'creative' team must be as crazy as a rainbow trout in a car wash.

We hope you now know whether to use Moisten or Wash in your sentence.

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