mayonnaise vs sauce

mayonnaise

verb
  • To cover or season with mayonnaise. 

noun
  • Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient. 

  • Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil. 

  • A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc. 

sauce

verb
  • To add sauce to; to season. 

  • To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. 

  • To send or hand over. 

  • To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. 

  • To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. 

noun
  • apple sauce; mint sauce 

  • A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. 

  • Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in 

  • Alcohol, booze. 

  • Anabolic steroids. 

  • A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump. 

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