honey vs saccharine

honey

noun
  • A term of affection. 

  • Nectar. 

  • Something sweet or desirable. 

  • A woman, especially an attractive one. 

  • A variety of this substance. 

  • A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey. 

  • A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. 

verb
  • To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. 

  • To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments. 

  • To sweeten; to make agreeable. 

  • To add honey to. 

adj
  • Involving or resembling honey. 

  • Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey. 

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

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”). 

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