dim vs dun

dim

adj
  • Not bright or colorful. 

  • Indistinct, hazy or unclear. 

  • Not smart or intelligent. 

  • Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of. 

verb
  • To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct 

  • To make something less bright. 

  • To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. 

  • To become darker. 

dun

adj
  • Of a brownish grey colour. 

verb
  • To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request. 

  • To ask or beset a debtor for payment. 

noun
  • A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding. 

  • A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago. 

  • A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago. 

  • An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland. 

  • A mound or small hill. 

  • A brownish grey colour. 

  • An urgent request or demand of payment. 

  • A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch. 

intj
  • Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music. 

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