speckle vs splatter

speckle

noun
  • The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface. 

  • A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. 

  • Kind; sort. 

  • A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus. 

verb
  • To mark with speckles. 

splatter

noun
  • An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact. 

  • Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal. 

  • A genre of gory horror. 

verb
  • To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess. 

  • To cause (something) to splatter. 

  • To spatter (something or somebody). 

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