Difference between Soaking and Drenched

SOAKING vs DRENCHED: NOUN

Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
Washing something by allowing it to soak
The operation of desilverizing a lead regulus by running it into a bath of molten lead in the fore-hearth of a blast-furnace; also the operation of equalizing the temperature of steel ingots in a soaking-pit.
Intemperate and continual drinking. Compare soak, v. i., 4.
A steeping; a wetting; a drenching.
The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
The act of making something completely wet

Flooding, Dumping, Dipping, Immersing, Soakage, Sousing, Souse, Soppy, Saturated, Sodden, Wet, Dripping, Drenched, Drenching, Sopping

Overrun, Cleaned, Dipped, Swarmed, Wiped, Washed, Drenched in, Soppy, Covered, Wet, Sopping, Soaking, Saturated, Sodden, Soaked

Penetrating, Swimming, Flooding, Dumping, Immersing, Soakage, Souse, Soppy, Saturated, Sodden, Wet, Dripping, Drenched, Drenching, Sopping

Overrun, Cleaned, Dipped, Swarmed, Wiped, Washed, Drenched in, Soppy, Covered, Wet, Sopping, Soaking, Saturated, Sodden, Soaked

Look of treated surfaces from soaking into stone.
Bristol is in for a soaking this weekend.
Flight itself was beyond disappointing, luggage soaking wet.
Keep the ground moist, but not soaking wet.
After the soaking time, drain off and discard the soaking water and rinse the beans with fresh cool water, draining well.
To speed up the soaking process, add a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to the soaking water.
Soaking legumesand then discarding the soaking water can reduce the water soluble complex sugars which may cause the discomfort some people experience digesting legumes.
We recommend not soaking your heating coils unless you can avoid soaking the end with electrical components where it plugs into the stove.
The reason they have completely different cooking time is due to the soaking vs not soaking.
After soaking, drain the soaking liquid and rinse the food before eating or cooking.