armchair vs study

armchair

verb
  • To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data. 

  • To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect. 

adj
  • Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement. 

  • Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice. 

noun
  • Hypernyms: chair, furniture 

  • A chair with supports for the arms or elbows. 

study

verb
  • To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice. 

  • To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. 

  • To look at minutely. 

  • To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination. 

  • To take a course or courses on a subject. 

  • To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. 

noun
  • A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household. 

  • The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind. 

  • Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning. 

  • Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. 

  • An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw. 

  • An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique. 

  • An academic publication. 

  • A piece for special practice; an étude. 

  • The act of studying or examining; examination. 

  • One who commits a theatrical part to memory. 

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