continuant vs sheer

continuant

adj
  • Continuing; prolonged; sustained. 

noun
  • An endurant. 

  • A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. 

  • A linguistic sound other than a stop. 

sheer

adj
  • Downright; complete; pure. 

  • Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something. 

  • Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular. 

  • Very thin or transparent. 

verb
  • To swerve from a course. 

noun
  • A sheer curtain or fabric. 

  • An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship. 

  • The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern. 

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