environ vs shade

environ

verb
  • Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something). 

  • To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something). 

  • To encircle or surround (someone or something). 

  • Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them. 

  • To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset. 

  • Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something). 

noun
  • A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment. 

shade

verb
  • To shield (someone or something) from light. 

  • To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible. 

  • To alter slightly. 

  • To move slightly from one's normal fielding position. 

  • To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color. 

  • To darken, particularly in drawing. 

  • To surpass by a narrow margin. 

  • To throw shade, to subtly insult someone. 

  • To shield oneself from light. 

noun
  • Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. 

  • A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). 

  • An aspect that is reminiscent of something. 

  • A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning 

  • A ghost or specter; a spirit. 

  • A subtle variation in a concept. 

  • A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry. 

  • Subtle insults. 

  • A candle-shade. 

  • A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade. 

  • Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. 

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