abridge vs bulk

abridge

verb
  • To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. 

  • Cut short; truncate. 

  • To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. 

  • To curtail. 

bulk

verb
  • To put or hold in bulk. 

  • To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. 

  • To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. 

  • To grow in size; to swell or expand. 

noun
  • A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. 

  • The major part of something. 

  • Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. 

  • Dietary fibre. 

  • Size, specifically, volume. 

  • a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. 

  • Excess body mass, especially muscle. 

  • A period where one tries to gain muscle. 

  • Any huge body or structure. 

adj
  • being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.) 

  • total 

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