pinch vs taste

pinch

verb
  • To seize; to grip; to bite. 

  • To squeeze between two objects. 

  • Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots. 

  • To arrest or capture. 

  • To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger. 

  • To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter. 

  • To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. 

  • To steal, usually something inconsequential. 

  • To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve. 

  • To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. 

  • To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield. 

  • To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 

noun
  • A close compression of anything with the fingers. 

  • A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. 

  • An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape. 

  • An organic herbal smoke additive. 

  • A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament. 

  • The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass. 

  • The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 

  • An arrest. 

  • A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc. 

taste

verb
  • To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. 

  • To sample the flavor of something orally. 

  • To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally. 

  • To experience. 

  • To take sparingly. 

  • To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished. 

noun
  • The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. 

  • A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. 

  • A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. 

  • One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. 

  • Personal preference; liking; predilection. 

  • A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole. 

  • A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. 

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