percolate vs puddle

percolate

verb
  • To drain or seep through a porous substance. 

  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. 

  • To make (coffee) in a percolator. 

  • To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. 

noun
  • A liquid that has been percolated. 

puddle

verb
  • To form a puddle. 

  • To line a canal with puddle (clay). 

  • To play or splash in a puddle. 

  • Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients. 

  • To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling. 

  • To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation. 

  • To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water. 

  • To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). 

noun
  • Stagnant or polluted water. 

  • A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. 

  • The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water. 

  • A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. 

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