breadcrumb vs muffin

breadcrumb

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

  • 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. 

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

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

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

muffin

noun
  • A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin. 

  • Another word for a roll, bap or cob, even one that isn’t flat or toasted. 

  • Term of endearment. 

  • A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine. 

  • Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muff. 

  • A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert). 

  • A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball. 

  • A charming, attractive young man. 

verb
  • To make like a muffin. 

  • To eat muffins. 

  • To become like a muffin; to increase in size. 

  • To feed muffins. 

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