death vs presence

death

noun
  • Spiritual lifelessness. 

  • The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. 

  • The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English dēaþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics. 

  • A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone). 

  • The collapse or end of something. 

  • Execution (in the judicial sense). 

presence

noun
  • Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present. 

  • The part of space within one's immediate vicinity. 

  • A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing. 

  • A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience. 

  • The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand. 

  • Synonym of room tone 

  • The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts. 

  • A company's business activity in a particular market. 

verb
  • To make or become present. 

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