dressing vs sauce

dressing

noun
  • A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. 

  • Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc. 

  • Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy. 

  • The activity of getting dressed. 

  • Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 

  • An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling. 

  • The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. 

sauce

noun
  • A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. 

  • apple sauce; mint sauce 

  • Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in 

  • Alcohol, booze. 

  • Anabolic steroids. 

  • A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump. 

verb
  • To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. 

  • To send or hand over. 

  • To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. 

  • To add sauce to; to season. 

  • To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. 

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