bulwark vs reveal

bulwark

verb
  • To fortify something with a wall or rampart. 

  • To provide protection of defense for something. 

noun
  • A defensive wall or rampart. 

  • A defense or safeguard. 

  • A breakwater. 

  • Any means of defence or security. 

  • The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard. 

reveal

verb
  • To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction. 

  • To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. 

noun
  • The outer side of a window or door frame. 

  • A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story. 

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