rippling vs waving

rippling

noun
  • A motion or sound that ripples. 

adj
  • Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind. 

waving

noun
  • The motion of something that waves. 

  • Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. 

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