dainty vs nitty

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. 

nitty

adj
  • detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky. 

  • Foolish, inane. 

  • Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner. 

noun
  • A dope fiend, a druggie. 

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