pap vs pulp

pap

noun
  • The pulp of fruit. 

  • Nonsense; pablum. 

  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak. 

  • 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. 

pulp

noun
  • The soft center of a fruit. 

  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. 

  • A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). 

  • The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad. 

  • The very soft tissue in the spleen. 

  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. 

  • The soft center of a tooth. 

  • A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. 

verb
  • To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. 

  • To beat to a pulp. 

  • To make or be made into pulp. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication. 

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