dainty vs delicacy

dainty

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

  • A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event. 

adj
  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

delicacy

noun
  • Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement. 

  • The quality of being delicate. 

  • Refinement in taste or discrimination. 

  • Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance. 

  • Tact and propriety; the need for such tact. 

  • Frailty of health or fitness. 

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