blinder vs lampshade

blinder

noun
  • Something that blinds. 

  • A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted. 

  • An exceptional performance. 

  • A bout of heavy drinking, a bender. 

  • A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change. 

  • A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. 

verb
  • To obstruct the vision of. 

  • To fit (a horse) with blinders. 

lampshade

noun
  • A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes. 

verb
  • To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings. 

  • To design or create lampshades. 

  • To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself. 

  • To adorn with one or more lampshades. 

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