soufflé vs stew

soufflé

noun
  • A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients. 

verb
  • To whirl around or beat violently. 

  • To give a light, airy, and/or fluffy texture to, especially if done by whipping or blowing. 

  • To puff up or bloat. 

  • To prepare as a soufflé. 

  • To make lighthearted, witty, or whimsical. 

adj
  • Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of colour, as if blown from a bellows. 

stew

noun
  • A dish cooked by stewing. 

  • A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. 

  • A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion. 

  • A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat. 

  • A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating. 

  • An artificial bed of oysters. 

verb
  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. 

  • To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. 

  • To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. 

  • To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. 

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