bespatter vs splash about

bespatter

verb
  • To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance. 

  • To soil by spattering. 

  • To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend. 

splash about

verb
  • to frolic in water splashing some of it 

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