picnic vs spoon-feed

picnic

verb
  • To take part in a picnic. 

noun
  • An easy or pleasant task. 

  • An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. 

  • The meal eaten at such a gathering. 

  • A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig. 

spoon-feed

verb
  • To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon. 

  • To overly pamper or indulge someone, so that they do not act or think for themselves. 

  • To give in an overly pampering way, so that they do not act or think for themselves. 

  • To explain in simple words; to explain in words of one syllable; to spell out. (To explain or give information in as simple a manner as possible.) 

How often have the words picnic and spoon-feed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )