lump vs sprinkle

lump

noun
  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. 

  • A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. 

  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • A beating or verbal abuse. 

  • A group, set, or unit. 

  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. 

  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker. 

  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. 

verb
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). 

  • To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another. 

  • To hit or strike (a person). 

  • To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility. 

  • To form a lump or lumps. 

sprinkle

noun
  • A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc. 

  • An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling. 

  • A light rain shower. 

  • A light covering with a sprinkled substance. 

verb
  • To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. 

  • To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. 

  • To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. 

  • To rain very lightly outside. 

  • To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). 

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