brief vs immortal

brief

adj
  • Of short duration; happening quickly. 

  • Concise; taking few words. 

  • Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. 

noun
  • An answer to any action. 

  • A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate. 

  • A position of interest or advocacy. 

  • An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court. 

  • A short news story or report. 

  • A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. 

  • The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case. 

  • A ticket of any type. 

  • A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. 

  • A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action. 

  • underwear briefs. 

verb
  • To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power. 

  • To write a legal argument and submit it to a court. 

immortal

noun
  • One who is not susceptible to death. 

  • A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army. 

  • A member of the Académie française. 

  • An administrator of a multi-user dungeon. 

adj
  • Connected with or relating to immortality. 

  • Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered. 

  • Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying. 

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