Is water wet?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is water wet?". Your opponent's style: Socrates

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Water isn't wet—wetness is what water *does* to other things. You're confusing the substance with its property. When you say "water is wet," you're like saying "fire is hot" as if heat is somehow intrinsic to flame rather than energy transfer. Water molecules don't experience wetness; they're the *cause* of wetness in other materials. A single water molecule surrounded by other water molecules? No sensation of wetness at all. Wetness only appears when water contacts a surface and spreads across it. You're describing an interaction, not an inherent quality. So no—water itself cannot be wet. Only things water *touches* become wet. Now tell me: how can the cause of wetness itself be wet?