arch vs hangman

arch

noun
  • An architectural element having the shape of an arch 

  • An inverted U shape. 

  • Any place covered by an arch; an archway. 

  • Curved part of the bottom of a foot. 

  • A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass. 

  • An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. 

adj
  • principal; primary 

  • knowing, clever, mischievous 

verb
  • To form into an arch shape. 

  • To cover with an arch or arches. 

hangman

noun
  • Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc. 

  • An executioner responsible for hanging criminals. 

  • A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows. 

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