tiptoe vs wade

tiptoe

verb
  • To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. 

adj
  • Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. 

  • Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. 

noun
  • The tip of the toe. 

wade

verb
  • to walk through water or something that impedes progress. 

  • To enter recklessly. 

  • to progress with difficulty 

  • to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading 

noun
  • An act of wading. 

  • A ford; a place to cross a river. 

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