brine vs sop

brine

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

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

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

  • To preserve food in a salt solution. 

sop

noun
  • A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. 

  • Something entirely soaked. 

  • A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling. 

  • Something given or done to pacify or bribe. 

  • Gravy. 

  • A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop 

verb
  • To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate. 

  • To steep or dip in any liquid. 

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