braise vs immerse

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) 

immerse

verb
  • To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas). 

  • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water. 

  • To involve or engage deeply. 

  • To map into an immersion. 

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