anything vs mechanism

anything

noun
  • Someone or something of importance. 

pron
  • Expressing an indefinite comparison. 

  • Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other. 

adv
  • In any way, any extent or any degree. 

mechanism

noun
  • A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together. 

  • Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements. 

  • Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion. 

  • A mental, physical, or chemical process. 

  • The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes. 

  • Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power. 

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