drizzle vs trickle

drizzle

verb
  • To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. 

  • To rain lightly. 

  • To cover by pouring in this manner. 

  • To urinate. 

  • To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking. 

noun
  • Light rain. 

  • Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. 

  • Water. 

  • A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner. 

trickle

verb
  • to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. 

  • to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. 

  • To move or roll slowly. 

noun
  • A very thin river. 

  • A very thin flow; the act of trickling. 

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