dressing vs packing

dressing

noun
  • Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 

  • A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. 

  • Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc. 

  • Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy. 

  • The activity of getting dressed. 

  • An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling. 

  • The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. 

packing

noun
  • Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging. 

  • The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack. 

  • Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight. 

  • The forming of players into a scrum. 

  • The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey. 

  • Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications. 

  • A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging. 

  • The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts. 

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