blanket vs cloak

blanket

verb
  • To cover with, or as if with, a blanket. 

  • To traverse or complete thoroughly. 

  • To nullify the impact of (someone or something). 

  • To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. 

  • To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it. 

  • Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal. 

adj
  • General; covering or encompassing everything. 

noun
  • A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed. 

  • A layer of anything. 

  • A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. 

  • A streak or layer of blubber in whales. 

cloak

verb
  • To cover as with a cloak. 

  • To cover up, hide or conceal. 

  • To render or become invisible via futuristic technology. 

noun
  • A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. 

  • That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. 

  • A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical. 

  • A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable. 

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