brine vs drench

brine is a noun but drench is not a noun.

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

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

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

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

brine (verb)	drench (verb)
soak in brine	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	permeate or impregnate
	force to drink
	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged