dollop vs sample

dollop

noun
  • A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food. 

verb
  • To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops. 

  • To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form. 

sample

noun
  • A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free. 

  • A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population. 

  • Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording. 

  • A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. 

  • A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free. 

verb
  • To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal. 

  • To make or show something similar to a sample. 

  • To take or to test a sample or samples of. 

  • To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music. 

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