souse vs brine

souse and brine both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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