rippling vs whitecap

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. 

whitecap

noun
  • A wave having a white crest; a breaker 

  • Any of several birds having a white patch on the head 

  • A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. 

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