kettle vs setter

kettle

noun
  • A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. 

  • An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area. 

  • A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs. 

  • A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole. 

  • The quantity held by a kettle. 

  • A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. 

  • A steam locomotive 

  • A kettledrum. 

verb
  • To contain demonstrators in a confined area. 

  • Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault. 

setter

noun
  • A shallow seggar for porcelain. 

  • One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. 

  • A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. 

  • The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. 

  • A long-haired breed of gundog. 

  • One who hunts victims for sharpers. 

  • A typesetter. 

  • One who adapts words to music in composition. 

  • A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets. 

verb
  • To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. 

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