braise vs brew

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

brew

verb
  • To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water. 

  • To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull. 

  • To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water. 

  • To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. 

  • To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering. 

  • To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. 

  • To foment or prepare, as by brewing 

noun
  • A serving of beer. 

  • A cup of tea. 

  • The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer. 

  • An overhanging hill or cliff. 

How often have the words braise and brew occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )