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Brine vs Marinate - What's the difference?

brine | marinate |

As verbs the difference between brine and marinate

is that brine is to preserve food in a salt solution while marinate is to allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.

As a noun brine

is salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

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

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    marinate

    English

    Verb

  • To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
    • You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.

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