lump vs trifle

lump

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

  • 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 form a lump or lumps. 

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

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

  • 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. 

trifle

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

  • To squander or waste. 

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

  • 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 lump and trifle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )