countertenor vs language

countertenor

noun
  • a part or section performing a countermelody against the tenor or main part 

  • male singing voice far higher than the typical male vocal range 

  • adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range 

language

noun
  • The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text. 

  • A computer language; a machine language. 

  • A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate. 

  • A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. 

  • Profanity. 

  • A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. 

  • Manner of expression. 

  • The ability to communicate using words. 

  • The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. 

  • A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. 

intj
  • An admonishment said in response to vulgar language. 

verb
  • To communicate by language; to express in language. 

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