peppered vs punctate

peppered

adj
  • Coordinate term: riddled 

  • Speckled. 

  • Seasoned with pepper. 

punctate

adj
  • Marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures. 

  • Pointed; ending in a point or points. 

noun
  • A puncture. 

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