concern vs romance

concern

noun
  • The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person. 

  • The placement of interest or worry on a subject. 

  • That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. 

  • A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem. 

  • A business, firm or enterprise; a company. 

  • Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program. 

verb
  • To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest. 

  • To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. 

  • To make somebody worried. 

romance

noun
  • A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone. 

  • A tale of high adventure. 

  • An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. 

  • A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality. 

  • A romanza, or sentimental ballad. 

  • An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances. 

  • A story or novel dealing with idealized love. 

  • An embellished account of something; an idealized lie. 

  • A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real. 

  • A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc. 

  • Idealized love which is pure or beautiful. 

verb
  • To woo; to court. 

  • To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc. 

  • To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air. 

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