bustle vs dash

bustle

noun
  • An excited activity; a stir. 

  • A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. 

  • A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops. 

verb
  • To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about). 

  • To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). 

  • To push around, to importune. 

dash

noun
  • Ostentatious vigor. 

  • Violent strike; a whack. 

  • The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

  • A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

  • Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

  • A rushing or violent onset. 

  • A short run, flight. 

  • The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

  • A slight admixture. 

  • A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

  • A dashboard. 

  • A hyphen or minus sign. 

verb
  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

intj
  • Damn! 

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