brine vs sauce

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. 

sauce

verb
  • To add sauce to; to season. 

  • To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. 

  • To send or hand over. 

  • To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. 

  • To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. 

noun
  • apple sauce; mint sauce 

  • A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. 

  • Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in 

  • Alcohol, booze. 

  • Anabolic steroids. 

  • A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump. 

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