chamois vs diaper

chamois

noun
  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

diaper

noun
  • A towel or napkin made from such fabric. 

  • An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy. 

  • The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles. 

  • Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. 

  • A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread. 

verb
  • Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast. 

  • To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. 

  • To put diapers on someone. 

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