beetroot vs ruddy

beetroot

verb
  • To turn a bright red or purple colour. 

noun
  • A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet. 

  • The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared. 

ruddy

verb
  • To make reddish in colour. 

noun
  • A ruddy duck. 

  • A ruddy ground dove. 

adv
  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

adj
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

  • A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

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