dainty vs mincing

dainty

adj
  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

  • A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event. 

mincing

adj
  • Affectedly dainty. 

noun
  • The act by which something is minced. 

  • Affected dainty speech or movement. 

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