miniature vs toy

miniature

noun
  • A musical composition which is short in duration. 

  • A token in a game representing a unit or character. 

  • A particular feature or trait. 

  • A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. 

  • Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. 

  • Lettering in red; rubric distinction. 

  • An illustration in an illuminated manuscript. 

  • The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works. 

  • A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature. 

  • A chess game which is concluded with very few moves. 

adj
  • Smaller than normal. 

verb
  • To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature. 

toy

noun
  • A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. 

  • A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. 

  • A sex toy (object or device to give sexual pleasure). 

  • A gun. 

  • Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. 

  • An inferior graffiti artist. 

verb
  • To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. 

  • To stimulate with a sex toy. 

  • To ponder or consider. 

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