color vs cover

color

verb
  • To attribute a quality to; to portray (as). 

  • To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. 

  • To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color. 

  • To give something color. 

  • To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking. 

  • To become red through increased blood flow. 

  • To affect without completely changing. 

noun
  • The flag of a nation or team. 

  • These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television). 

  • A paint. 

  • An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university. 

  • The morning ceremony of raising the flag. 

  • A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge. 

  • The spectral composition of visible light. 

  • A standard or banner. 

  • A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext. 

  • Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. 

  • Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment. 

  • Gang insignia. 

  • Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays). 

  • A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price. 

  • Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. 

  • The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) 

  • A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion. 

  • Any of the colored balls excluding the reds. 

  • An appearance of right or authority; color of law. 

  • A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class. 

  • Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment. 

adj
  • Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray. 

cover

verb
  • To have as an assignment or responsibility. 

  • To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist). 

  • To defend (mark) a particular player or area. 

  • To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of. 

  • To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal. 

  • To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal. 

  • To provide insurance coverage for. 

  • To traverse or put behind a certain distance. 

  • To act as a replacement. 

  • To deal with or include someone or something. 

  • To be enough money for. 

  • To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself). 

  • To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm. 

  • To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect. 

  • To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. 

  • To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area. 

  • To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses). 

  • To protect or control (a piece or square). 

noun
  • The top sheet of a bed. 

  • A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story. 

  • The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc. 

  • A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used. 

  • A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set. 

  • Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. 

  • An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc. 

  • A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire. 

  • The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above. 

  • An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract. 

  • A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner. 

  • A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song. 

  • The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete. 

  • A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position. 

  • A cover charge. 

  • In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve. 

  • A lid. 

  • In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for. 

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions. 

  • Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. 

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