distillate vs nitty-gritty

distillate

noun
  • The essence of something. 

  • The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction of an original liquid. 

  • Diesel fuel. 

nitty-gritty

noun
  • The core or essence of something; the gist. 

How often have the words distillate and nitty-gritty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )