batter vs breadcrumb

batter

verb
  • To coat with batter (the food ingredient). 

  • To defeat soundly; to thrash. 

  • To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. 

  • To intoxicate. 

  • To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. 

  • To slope (of walls, buildings etc.). 

noun
  • A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying. 

  • A paste of clay or loam. 

  • An incline on the outer face of a built wall. 

  • A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. 

  • A binge; a heavy drinking session. 

  • The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. 

  • The player now receiving strike; the striker. 

  • A player of the batting side now on the field. 

  • Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler. 

breadcrumb

verb
  • To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. 

  • To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface). 

  • To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction. 

noun
  • A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid. 

  • One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. 

  • A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. 

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