dressing vs paving

dressing

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

  • 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. 

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

  • The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. 

paving

noun
  • Interior pavement, as in a cathedral. 

  • The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself. 

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