brine vs sop

brine and sop both are nouns.

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

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

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

brine (noun)	sop (noun)
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling	a concession given to mollify or placate
water containing salts	piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

brine (verb)	sop (verb)
soak in brine	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	dip into liquid
	be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
	give a conciliatory gift or bribe to