bosom vs heart

bosom

noun
  • The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. 

  • Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior. 

  • A woman's breast(s). 

  • A depression round the eye of a millstone. 

  • The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. 

  • The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline. 

adj
  • In a very close relationship. 

verb
  • To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge. 

  • To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. 

  • To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. 

  • To belly; to billow, swell or bulge. 

heart

noun
  • The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality. 

  • A wight or being. 

  • A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. 

  • A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols. 

  • The centre, essence, or core. 

  • Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad. 

  • One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character. 

  • The twenty-fourth Lenormand card. 

  • Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete. 

  • A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3. 

verb
  • To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage. 

  • To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater. 

  • To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol. 

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