dainty vs esculent

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. 

esculent

noun
  • Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible. 

  • An edible mushroom. 

adj
  • “Good enough to eat”; attractive. 

  • Suitable for eating; eatable, edible. 

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