brine vs macerate

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. 

macerate

verb
  • To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid. 

noun
  • A macerated substance. 

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