dense vs hearing

dense

adj
  • Obscure, or difficult to understand. 

  • Opaque; allowing little light to pass through. 

  • Thick; difficult to penetrate. 

  • Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. 

  • Having relatively high density. 

  • Compact; crowded together. 

  • Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition. 

noun
  • A thicket. 

hearing

adj
  • Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. 

noun
  • The sense used to perceive sound. 

  • A proceeding at which discussions are heard. 

  • The act by which something is heard. 

  • A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing. 

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