brine vs infuse

brine

verb
  • To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. 

  • To preserve food in a salt solution. 

noun
  • The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. 

  • Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. 

infuse

verb
  • To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate. 

  • To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). 

  • To instill as a quality. 

  • To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). 

  • To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. 

  • To undergo infusion. 

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