conch vs dish

conch

noun
  • The shell of this sea animal. 

  • A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. 

  • A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. 

  • Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”) 

  • The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself. 

verb
  • To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers. 

  • To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral. 

dish

noun
  • The contents of such a vessel. 

  • Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal. 

  • The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity. 

  • The home plate. 

  • A sexually attractive person. 

  • That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. 

  • Gossip. 

  • A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. 

  • A specific type of prepared food. 

  • A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl. 

  • A hollow place, as in a field. 

  • A trough in which ore is measured. 

verb
  • To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. 

  • To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. 

  • To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. 

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