coffee vs lilac

coffee

noun
  • A tropical plant of the genus Coffea. 

  • The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds. 

  • The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape. 

  • A serving of this beverage. 

  • A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee. 

  • The end of a meal, when coffee is served. 

  • A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. 

adj
  • Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee. 

  • Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on. 

verb
  • To drink coffee. 

  • To give coffee. 

lilac

noun
  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. 

  • A flower of the lilac shrub. 

  • A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. 

adj
  • Having a pale purple colour. 

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