hint vs intimate

hint

verb
  • To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. 

  • To develop and add hints to a font. 

  • To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. 

noun
  • A small, barely detectable amount. 

  • An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not. 

  • An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement. 

  • A clue. 

  • Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting. 

intimate

verb
  • To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. 

  • To notify. 

adj
  • Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know. 

  • Closely acquainted; familiar. 

  • Very finely mixed. 

  • Of or involved in a sexual relationship. 

  • Personal; private. 

noun
  • A very close friend. 

  • Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. 

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