mince vs piff

mince

verb
  • To effect mincingly. 

  • To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise. 

  • To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely. 

  • To make less; to make small. 

  • To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner. 

  • To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner. 

  • To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent. 

  • To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly). 

noun
  • Finely chopped meat; minced meat. 

  • An eye (from mince pie). 

  • Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. 

  • An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. 

  • An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation. 

piff

verb
  • To throw something vigorously. 

noun
  • Piffle; nonsense; rubbish. 

intj
  • An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw. 

adj
  • good or attractive. 

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