brine vs souse

brine and souse both are nouns.

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

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

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

brine (noun)	souse (noun)
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling	the act of making something completely wet
water containing salts	pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
	a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

brine (verb)	souse (verb)
soak in brine	cook in a marinade
	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
	become drunk or drink excessively
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate