definition vs nonsense

definition

noun
  • A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions). 

  • The action or process of defining. 

  • The act of defining; determination of the limits. 

  • A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation 

  • A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition. 

  • A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function). 

  • A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation. 

  • The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear. 

  • Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits. 

  • Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail. 

  • A product of defining. 

  • Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction. 

  • The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body. 

nonsense

noun
  • Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. 

  • A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear. 

  • That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense. 

  • Something foolish. 

  • An untrue statement. 

  • A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing. 

intj
  • An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with. 

adj
  • Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid). 

  • Nonsensical. 

verb
  • To make nonsense of; 

  • To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny. 

  • To joke around, to waste time 

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