Water content contrast
Wet vs dry distinguishes conditions, methods, or styles based on the presence or absence of liquid.
A wet shave uses water and cream; a dry shave doesn't.
Wet counties permit alcohol sales; dry ones prohibit them.
In cooking, wet ingredients (milk, eggs) combine separately from dry (flour, sugar).
The distinction appears across domains—wet vs dry cleaning, wet vs dry cough, wet vs dry martini (more or less vermouth).
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Water content contrast
Wet vs dry distinguishes conditions, methods, or styles based on the presence or absence of liquid.
A wet shave uses water and cream; a dry shave doesn't.
Wet counties permit alcohol sales; dry ones prohibit them.
In cooking, wet ingredients (milk, eggs) combine separately from dry (flour, sugar).
The distinction appears across domains—wet vs dry cleaning, wet vs dry cough, wet vs dry martini (more or less vermouth).
Related — moist (Slightly wet); damp (Slightly wet); soaked (Thoroughly wet throughout); parched · arid · soggy · water damage · dripping · dehydrated · humid · saturated · waterlogged · crisp
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/wet_vs_dry