composition vs war paint

composition

noun
  • The general makeup of a thing or person. 

  • A work of music, literature or art. 

  • The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture. 

  • The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force. 

  • The proportion of different parts to make a whole. 

  • An essay. 

  • A mixture or compound; the result of composing. 

  • an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor. 

  • The formation of compound words from separate words. 

  • Applying a function to the result of another. 

  • Typesetting. 

  • Synthesis as opposed to analysis. 

  • Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones. 

  • The act of putting together; assembly. 

war paint

noun
  • Cosmetics, makeup. 

  • Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle. 

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