bureau vs dresser

bureau

noun
  • A chest of drawers for clothes. 

  • An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed). 

  • An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. 

  • A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers. 

  • An administrative unit of government; office. 

dresser

noun
  • An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror. 

  • One who dresses in a particular way. 

  • One who dresses or prepares stone. 

  • A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual. 

  • A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing. 

  • An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. 

  • A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume). 

  • A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting. 

  • A kind of pick for shaping large coal. 

  • A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc. 

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