band-aid vs kludge

band-aid

noun
  • A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. 

  • An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound. 

verb
  • To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig. 

  • To apply an adhesive bandage. 

kludge

noun
  • Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently. 

  • An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts. 

  • An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design. 

  • A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack. 

verb
  • To build or use a kludge. 

How often have the words band-aid and kludge occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )