embroider vs frou-frou

embroider

verb
  • To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours. 

  • To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable. 

frou-frou

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

noun
  • A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. 

adj
  • Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 

  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

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