dove vs peppery

dove

noun
  • Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. 

  • A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict. 

  • A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird. 

  • A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. 

verb
  • Strong simple past tense of dive 

peppery

adj
  • Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste. 

  • Having a fiery temperament. 

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