Sentence:  In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water , there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; but if drinking is a gerundial <WSD>noun</WSD> modifying water and without drinking water is equivalent to without water for drinking , there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action