chamois vs flannel

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. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

flannel

noun
  • A washcloth. 

  • Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. 

  • A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. 

  • A flannel shirt. 

verb
  • To flatter; to suck up to. 

  • To wrap in flannel. 

  • To waffle or prevaricate. 

  • To rub with a flannel. 

adj
  • Made of flannel. 

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