faff around vs putter

faff around

verb
  • To waste time; spend time idly. 

putter

verb
  • To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. 

  • To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating. 

noun
  • A person who is taking a putt or putting. 

  • A shot-putter. 

  • One who puts or places. 

  • A golf club specifically intended for a putt. 

  • One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine. 

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