picnic vs task

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. 

verb
  • To take part in a picnic. 

task

noun
  • A difficult or tedious undertaking. 

  • Any piece of work done. 

  • A process or execution of a program. 

  • An objective. 

  • A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. 

verb
  • To charge, as with a fault. 

  • To assign a task to, or impose a task on. 

  • To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax 

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