dun vs fawn

dun

noun
  • A brownish grey colour. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

  • To ask or beset a debtor for payment. 

adj
  • Of a brownish grey colour. 

fawn

noun
  • A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. 

  • A servile cringe or bow. 

  • Base flattery. 

  • A young deer. 

verb
  • To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon). 

  • To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc. 

  • To exhibit affection or attempt to please. 

  • To give birth to a fawn. 

adj
  • Of the fawn colour. 

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