brown sauce vs spice

brown sauce

noun
  • A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour. 

  • Gravy. 

  • Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices. 

spice

noun
  • The quality of being spicy. 

  • An aromatic odour. 

  • Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. 

  • A synthetic cannabinoid drug. 

  • Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. 

  • Sweets, candy. 

  • A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour. 

verb
  • To add spice or spices to; season. 

  • To spice up. 

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