dear vs flame

dear

noun
  • An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife. 

  • A beloved person. 

  • A very kind, loving person. 

  • An elderly person, especially a woman. 

adv
  • Dearly; at a high price. 

adj
  • A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc. 

  • Loving, affectionate, heartfelt 

  • Loved; lovable. 

  • Precious to or greatly valued by someone. 

  • An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior. 

  • Lovely; kind. 

  • A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly. 

  • High in price; expensive. 

  • Severe, or severely affected; sore. 

flame

noun
  • A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair. 

  • The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. 

  • A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. 

  • flame 

  • The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl. 

  • Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger. 

adj
  • Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame. 

verb
  • To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze. 

  • To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour. 

  • To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody). 

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