decoration vs hickey

decoration

noun
  • Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. 

  • The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host 

  • Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. 

  • The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 

hickey

noun
  • A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. 

  • A serif or other ornamentation on type. 

  • A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe. 

  • A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area. 

  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury. 

  • An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. 

  • An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action. 

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