speck vs sprinkling

speck

noun
  • A very small thing; a particle; a whit. 

  • A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. 

  • The fat of the hippopotamus. 

  • A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. 

  • Fat; lard; fat meat. 

  • The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. 

  • A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. 

verb
  • To mark with specks; to speckle. 

sprinkling

noun
  • A scattering. 

  • The action of the verb to sprinkle. 

  • A light shower of rain. 

  • A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something. 

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