patchy vs peppered

patchy

adj
  • Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches. 

  • Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven. 

peppered

adj
  • Coordinate term: riddled 

  • Speckled. 

  • Seasoned with pepper. 

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