calico vs substantive

calico

adj
  • Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated. 

noun
  • A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. 

  • The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus. 

substantive

adj
  • of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed 

  • Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial. 

  • Of or pertaining to a substantive. 

  • actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment 

  • Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. 

  • of the essence or essential element of a thing. 

  • applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. 

  • Depending on itself; independent. 

verb
  • to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun 

noun
  • Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering. 

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