Difference between Extinguish and Douse

EXTINGUISH vs DOUSE: NOUN

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
To put an end to or make extinct; destroy: : annihilate.
To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy.

To put out; quench; stifle: as, to extinguish fire or flame.
Kill
Put an end to
To destroy; put an end to; suppress: as, to extinguish an army; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.
In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.

To put out; extinguish.
To strike.
Nautical, to strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly: as, douse the topsail.
To thrust or plunge into a fluid; immerse; dip; also, to drench or flood with a fluid.
To fall or be plunged suddenly into a fluid.
To search for deposits of ore, for lodes, or for water, by the aid of the dousing- or divining-rod (which see).
Cover with liquid
Pour liquid onto

Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Crush out, Stub out, Carry off, Press out, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Snuff, Suppress, Quench, Quell, Extinguish, Duck, Dip, Put out, Souse, Dunk, Plunge, Sop, Drench, Soak, Dowse

Defuse, Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Stub out, Crush out, Carry off, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Stifle, Snuff, Suppress, Quench, Quell, Extinguish, Duck, Dip, Put out, Souse, Dunk, Plunge, Drench, Soak, Dowse

Do not attempt to extinguish a pipeline fire.
Only attempt to extinguish a fire if trained.
Vermont law such facts cannot extinguish these easements.
Mexican society has failed to extinguish her nonconformity.
Congress cannot by statute extinguish that constitutional authority.
Smoldering composites are difficult to extinguish with water.
New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector. 20 March 2015 - New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector.
Fixed schedules are easy to extinguish, whereas variable schedules are difficult to extinguish.
Mining leases do not necessarily extinguish all native title, but do extinguish the native title rights with which they conflict.
Some lamps may extinguish early; other lamps may flicker before they extinguish at their low end.

Douse the burn with plenty of cold liquid, preferably water.
Typically, violators are required to bank and their douse fire.
Please do not douse it with water or other liquids.
Douse Maurice added two touchdown catches for the River Monsters.
Apostolic psis must clandestinely douse under the gloatingly mordacious insectarium.
Douse torches and lanterns to move through the shadows.
Ah well, off to douse myself with the original.
No effort was being made to douse them.
Just a moment while they douse that fire.
Twenty units of fire fighters were trying to douse the fire but they could not manage to douse the blaze till noon.