fritter vs saving

fritter

verb
  • To break into small pieces or fragments. 

  • To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. 

  • To sinter. 

  • To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. 

noun
  • A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. 

  • A fragment; a shred; a small piece. 

saving

prep
  • Without disrespect to. 

  • With the exception of; except; save. 

noun
  • The action of the verb to save. 

  • A reduction in cost or expenditure. 

  • Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. 

adj
  • Preserving; rescuing. 

  • Thrifty; frugal. 

  • That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. 

  • Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful. 

  • Relating to making a saving. 

  • Making reservation or exception. 

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