litter box vs sandpile

litter box

noun
  • A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc. 

sandpile

noun
  • A pile of sand. 

  • Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules. 

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