dilly vs incidental

dilly

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

incidental

noun
  • Something that is incidental. 

  • Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense. 

adj
  • Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident). 

  • Occurring by chance. 

  • Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence. 

  • Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related. 

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