mediocre vs topping

mediocre

noun
  • A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person. 

  • A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural workers. 

adj
  • Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality, almost always with a negative connotation. 

topping

noun
  • Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom. 

  • The tail of an artificial fly. 

  • Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza. 

  • The act of cutting off the top of something. 

  • The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other. 

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