faint vs nominal

faint

adj
  • Slight; minimal. 

  • Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness 

  • Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy 

  • Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp 

  • Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected 

verb
  • To decay; to disappear; to vanish. 

  • To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions). 

  • To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. 

noun
  • The act of fainting, syncope. 

  • The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. 

nominal

adj
  • Insignificantly small. 

  • Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation. 

  • Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. 

  • Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species. 

  • Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value. 

  • Assigned to or bearing a person's name. 

  • Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value. 

  • Existing in name only. 

  • Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun. 

  • Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation. 

  • Having values whose order is insignificant. 

  • Of or relating to nominalism. 

  • According to plan or design. 

noun
  • A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested. 

  • A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.) 

  • A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.) 

  • A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase. 

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