saline vs saltish

saline

adj
  • Containing salt; salty. 

  • Resembling salt. 

noun
  • A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. 

  • Water containing dissolved salt. 

saltish

adj
  • Somewhat salty. 

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