crud vs gruel

crud

noun
  • Something of poor quality. 

  • A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time. 

  • Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant. 

  • A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel. 

  • Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease. 

  • A contemptible person. 

  • Dirt, filth or refuse. 

  • Feces; excrement. 

intj
  • Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn. 

verb
  • To clog with dirt or debris. 

gruel

noun
  • something that lacks substance 

  • A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. 

  • punishment 

  • semen 

verb
  • ejaculate 

  • To exhaust, use up, disable 

  • to punish 

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