hurry vs trifle

hurry

verb
  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • To do things quickly. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

trifle

verb
  • To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. 

  • To squander or waste. 

  • To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. 

  • To inconsequentially toy with something. 

noun
  • A particular kind of pewter. 

  • Anything that is of little importance or worth. 

  • An insignificant amount of money. 

  • A very small amount (of something). 

  • Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter. 

  • An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. 

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