dainty vs tart

dainty

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

  • A delicacy (in taste). 

adj
  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

tart

noun
  • A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. 

  • Any woman with loose sexual morals. 

  • A prostitute. 

  • A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner). 

verb
  • To practice prostitution. 

  • To practice promiscuous sex. 

  • To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily. 

adj
  • Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. 

  • high or too high in acidity. 

  • Sharp; keen; severe. 

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