dainty vs elegant

dainty

adj
  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

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

elegant

adj
  • Characterised by or exhibiting elegance. 

  • Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision. 

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