pabulum vs pap

pabulum

noun
  • Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words. 

  • Food for thought. 

  • Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals. 

  • Material that feeds a fire. 

pap

noun
  • Nonsense; pablum. 

  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak. 

  • The pulp of fruit. 

  • Pap smear 

  • Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. 

  • Pa; father. 

  • Porridge. 

  • Support from official patronage. 

verb
  • Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent. 

adj
  • Flat. 

  • Spineless, wet, without character. 

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