inch vs nose

inch

verb
  • To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). 

  • To drive by inches, or small degrees. 

  • To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. 

  • to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner 

noun
  • A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall. 

  • A small island; an islet. 

  • A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh. 

  • Any very short distance. 

  • A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages. 

  • An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb. 

  • Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement. 

adj
  • cocky and cheeky 

nose

verb
  • To move cautiously by advancing its front end. 

  • To furnish with a nose. 

  • To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out. 

  • To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang. 

  • To detect by smell or as if by smell. 

  • To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to. 

  • To snoop. 

  • To push with one's nose; to nuzzle. 

noun
  • The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece. 

  • The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race. 

  • Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine. 

  • A downward projection from a cornice. 

  • The skill in recognising bouquet. 

  • A perfumer. 

  • An informer. 

  • A snout, the nose of an animal. 

  • A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. 

  • The power of smelling. 

  • Skill at finding information. 

  • The tip of an object. 

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