breadcrumb vs mince

breadcrumb

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

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

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

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. 

mince

verb
  • To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner. 

  • To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise. 

  • To effect mincingly. 

  • To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely. 

  • To make less; to make small. 

  • To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner. 

  • To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent. 

  • To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly). 

noun
  • Finely chopped meat; minced meat. 

  • An eye (from mince pie). 

  • Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. 

  • An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. 

  • An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation. 

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