cap vs finish

cap

noun
  • Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. 

  • An uppercase or capital letter. 

  • A recording or screenshot. 

  • Anyone have a cap of the games last night? 

  • The top part of a mushroom. 

  • A place on a national team; an international appearance. 

  • An academic mortarboard. 

  • A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. 

  • A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun. 

  • A lie or exaggeration. 

  • The uppermost of any assemblage of parts. 

  • The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 

  • The summit of a mountain, etc. 

  • A large size of writing paper. 

  • A crown for covering a tooth. 

  • A capitalist. 

  • An artificial upper limit or ceiling. 

  • capillary 

  • Capitalization. 

  • A protective cover or seal. 

  • A capacitor. 

  • A capsule of a drug. 

  • A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. 

  • A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. 

  • A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives. 

  • A bullet used to shoot someone. 

  • A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 

verb
  • To set an upper limit on something. 

  • To award a cap as a mark of distinction. 

  • To lie over or on top of something. 

  • To convert text to uppercase. 

  • To make something even more wonderful at the end. 

  • To lie; to tell a lie. 

  • To select to play for the national team. 

  • To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video. 

  • To select a player to play for a specified side. 

  • To cover or seal with a cap. 

  • To surpass or outdo. 

  • To shoot (someone) with a firearm. 

  • To deprive of a cap. 

finish

noun
  • A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. 

  • The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth. 

  • A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal. 

  • A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish. 

  • An end; the end of anything. 

verb
  • To reach orgasm. 

  • To complete (something). 

  • To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal. 

  • To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar). 

  • To put an end to; to destroy. 

  • To come to an end. 

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