douse vs brine

douse is not a noun while brine is a noun.

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

As verbs, brine is a hyponym of douse; that is, brine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than douse:

Other hyponyms of douse include bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, flush, sluice.

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

douse (verb)	brine (verb)
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	soak in brine
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