sprinkling vs trickle

sprinkling

noun
  • 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. 

  • A scattering. 

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 sprinkling and trickle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )