drool vs salivate

drool

verb
  • To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. 

  • To talk nonsense; drivel. 

  • To secrete any substance in a similar way. 

  • To react to something with uncontrollable desire. 

noun
  • Stupid talk. 

  • Saliva trickling from the mouth. 

salivate

verb
  • To produce saliva. 

  • To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something. 

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