footle vs linger

footle

verb
  • To waste time; to trifle. 

  • To talk nonsense. 

noun
  • nonsense; foolishness. 

linger

verb
  • To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. 

  • To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. 

  • To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. 

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