dousing vs gargle

dousing

noun
  • The act by which something is doused. 

gargle

noun
  • the sound of gargling 

  • lager, drink 

  • a liquid used for gargling 

verb
  • to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling. 

  • to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth) 

  • to make a sound like the one made while gargling 

  • to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs 

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