act vs camouflage

act

noun
  • A display of behaviour meant to deceive. 

  • A product of a legislative body, a statute. 

  • A display of behaviour. 

  • A division of a theatrical performance. 

  • Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. 

  • Any organized activity. 

  • A performer or performers in a show. 

  • A formal or official record of something done. 

  • The process of doing something. 

  • A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 

  • Something done, a deed. 

verb
  • Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly). 

  • To perform a theatrical role. 

  • To play (a role). 

  • To convey an appearance of being. 

  • To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of). 

  • To feign. 

  • To do something. 

  • To have an effect (on). 

  • To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time. 

  • To do something that causes a change binding on the doer. 

camouflage

noun
  • The act of disguising. 

  • A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. 

  • The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy. 

  • Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection. 

  • A disguise or covering up. 

  • Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting. 

verb
  • To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks. 

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