fraidy-cat vs namby-pamby

fraidy-cat

noun
  • A coward; a person who is easily frightened. 

namby-pamby

noun
  • One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak. 

  • Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. 

verb
  • To coddle. 

adj
  • Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy. 

  • Insipid and sentimental. 

How often have the words fraidy-cat and namby-pamby occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )