mooch vs putter

mooch

noun
  • One who mooches; a moocher. 

  • An aimless stroll. 

  • A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job. 

verb
  • To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others. 

  • To steal or filch. 

  • To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain. 

putter

noun
  • One who puts or places. 

  • A person who is taking a putt or putting. 

  • A shot-putter. 

  • A golf club specifically intended for a putt. 

  • One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine. 

verb
  • To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. 

  • To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating. 

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