mush vs schmaltz

mush

noun
  • A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance. 

  • A magic mushroom. 

  • Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes. 

  • The face. 

  • A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt. 

  • A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge. 

  • A walk, especially across the snow with dogs. 

  • (US, slang, chiefly Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man. 

  • The foam of a breaker. 

  • A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations. 

verb
  • To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp. 

  • To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else. 

  • To walk, especially across the snow with dogs. 

  • To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow. 

intj
  • A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster. 

schmaltz

noun
  • Liquid chicken fat. 

  • Excessively sentimental art or music. 

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