piquant vs saccharine

piquant

adj
  • Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming. 

  • Producing a burning sensation due to the presence of chilies or similar spices; spicy, hot. 

  • Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy. 

saccharine

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

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