dainty vs fussy

dainty

adj
  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

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

fussy

adj
  • Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies). 

  • Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please. 

  • Having much unnecessary detail or decoration. 

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