dainty vs gossamer

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. 

gossamer

noun
  • Anything delicate, light and flimsy. 

  • A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc. 

  • A soft, sheer fabric. 

adj
  • Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate. 

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