covert vs hush-hush

covert

adj
  • Secret, surreptitious, concealed. 

  • Under coverture. 

noun
  • A covering. 

  • A disguise. 

  • A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers. 

  • Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide. 

  • A hiding place. 

hush-hush

adj
  • Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders). 

noun
  • secrecy; covert operation 

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