fess vs uncover

fess

verb
  • To confess; to admit. 

adj
  • Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce. 

  • Lively; active; strong. 

  • Proud; conceited. 

noun
  • A horizontal band across the middle of the shield. 

uncover

verb
  • To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. 

  • To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect. 

  • To reveal the identity of. 

  • To expose the genitalia. 

  • To remove a cover from. 

  • To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front. 

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