peppered vs variegated

peppered

adj
  • Speckled. 

  • Seasoned with pepper. 

  • Coordinate term: riddled 

variegated

adj
  • Very colorful. 

  • Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color. 

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