affect vs pale

affect

verb
  • To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. 

  • To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. 

  • To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction. 

  • To influence or alter. 

  • To move to emotion. 

  • Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). 

noun
  • A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. 

pale

verb
  • To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. 

  • To turn pale; to lose colour. 

  • To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off. 

  • To become insignificant. 

noun
  • Limits, bounds (especially before of). 

  • A vertical band down the middle of a shield. 

  • A cheese scoop. 

  • The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale. 

  • A wooden stake; a picket. 

adj
  • Feeble, faint. 

  • Light in color. 

  • Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). 

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