bluff vs brant

bluff

adj
  • Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. 

  • Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners. 

  • Having a broad, flattened front. 

  • Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. 

verb
  • To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is. 

  • To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive 

  • To take advantage by bluffing. 

  • To fluff, puff or swell up. 

  • To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage. 

noun
  • An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does. 

  • An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. 

  • A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. 

  • One who bluffs; a bluffer. 

  • A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow. 

brant

adj
  • steep, precipitous. 

  • smooth; unwrinkled 

noun
  • Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla. 

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