mendicant vs sponging

mendicant

adj
  • Depending on alms for a living. 

  • Of or pertaining to a beggar. 

  • Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. 

noun
  • A pauper who lives by begging. 

  • A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living. 

sponging

noun
  • The application of a sponge. 

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