darling vs deary

darling

noun

  • A kind or sweet person; sweetheart. 

  • An affectionate term of address. 

  • A person or thing very popular with a certain group. 

  • A person who is dear to one. 

adj

  • Dear; cherished. 

  • charming 

deary

noun

  • A dear; a darling. 

  • A term of address for a female. 

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