steeping vs trickle

steeping

noun
  • An instance of something being steeped; a wetting. 

  • A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I. 

trickle

noun
  • A very thin flow; the act of trickling. 

  • A very thin river. 

verb
  • to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. 

  • To move or roll slowly. 

  • to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. 

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