dross vs spoilage

dross

noun
  • Waste or impure matter. 

  • Worthless or trivial matter. 

  • The impurities in metal. 

  • Residue that forms on the surface of molten metal from oxidation. 

  • A waste product from working with metal. 

verb
  • To remove dross from. 

spoilage

noun
  • The process of spoiling. 

  • The part of something that has spoiled. 

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