adult vs pup

adult

noun
  • A fully grown human or animal. 

  • A person who has reached the legal age of majority. 

verb
  • To (cause to) be or become an adult. 

  • To behave like an adult. 

adj
  • Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc. 

  • Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults. 

  • Fully grown. 

  • Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; of, or pertaining to, pornography. 

  • Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults. 

  • Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc. 

  • Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults. 

pup

noun
  • A young, inexperienced person. 

  • A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals. 

  • A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer. 

  • Any cute dog, regardless of age. 

  • A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation. 

  • An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations. 

  • A kind of small spotlight. 

verb
  • To give birth to pups. 

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