khaki vs maroon

khaki

adj
  • Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust. 

noun
  • khaki (Pantone) 

  • A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.) 

  • khaki green 

  • A soldier wearing a khaki uniform. 

  • Khaki clothing or uniform. 

  • Khaki green, a dull green colour. 

  • A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. 

  • A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. 

maroon

adj
  • Of a maroon color 

  • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. 

verb
  • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island. 

noun
  • A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color. 

  • A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid). 

  • A castaway; a person who has been marooned. 

  • An idiot; a fool. 

  • An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. 

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