chamois vs towel

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. 

towel

noun
  • A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. 

verb
  • To dry by using a towel. 

  • To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug. 

  • To hit with a towel. 

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