brine vs douse

brine is a noun but douse is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brine	Yes	No	Yes	No
douse	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, douse is a hypernym of brine; that is, douse is a word with a broader meaning than brine:

Other hypernyms of brine include dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse.

brine (noun)	douse (noun)
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
water containing salts

brine (verb)	douse (verb)
soak in brine	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	slacken
	lower quickly
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
	dip into a liquid
	wet thoroughly
	put out, as of a candle or a light