collect vs sprinkle

collect

verb
  • To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. 

  • To get; particularly, get from someone. 

  • To infer; to conclude. 

  • To gather together; amass. 

  • To come together in a group or mass. 

  • To collect payments. 

  • To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle). 

adv
  • With payment due from the recipient. 

adj
  • To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. 

noun
  • The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. 

sprinkle

verb
  • To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. 

  • To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. 

  • To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. 

  • To rain very lightly outside. 

  • To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). 

noun
  • An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling. 

  • A light rain shower. 

  • A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc. 

  • A light covering with a sprinkled substance. 

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