mince vs pulp

mince

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

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

  • To effect mincingly. 

  • 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. 

pulp

verb
  • To make or be made into pulp. 

  • To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. 

  • To beat to a pulp. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication. 

noun
  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. 

  • A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). 

  • The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad. 

  • The very soft tissue in the spleen. 

  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. 

  • The soft center of a tooth. 

  • A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. 

  • The soft center of a fruit. 

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