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Brine vs Abrine - What's the difference?

brine | abrine |

As nouns the difference between brine and abrine

is that brine is salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling while abrine is an toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; c12h14n2o2, that is different than abrin.

As a verb brine

is to preserve food in a salt solution.

brine

English

Noun

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  • Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
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  • The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

    • Derived terms

    * briny

    Verb

    (brin)
  • To preserve food in a salt solution.

    • Antonyms

    * debrine * desalinate

    See also

    * bittern

    Anagrams

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    abrine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; C12H14N2O2, that is different than abrin.

    • References

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