conn vs interest

conn

noun
  • The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." 

verb
  • To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). 

interest

noun
  • An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor. 

  • A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. 

  • The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. 

  • Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance. 

  • Any excess over and above an exact equivalent 

  • The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively. 

  • Something or someone one is interested in. 

  • Attention that is given to or received from someone or something. 

verb
  • To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing. 

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