cochlea vs scroll

cochlea

noun
  • A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail. 

  • The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses. 

scroll

noun
  • A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape. 

  • The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next. 

  • A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow. 

  • A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. 

  • An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 

  • A turbinate bone. 

  • A skew surface. 

  • A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill. 

  • The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head. 

  • Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. 

verb
  • To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read. 

  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically. 

  • To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments. 

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