lid vs swab

lid

verb
  • To put a lid on (something). 

noun
  • A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU. 

  • In amateur radio, an incompetent operator. 

  • A cap or hat. 

  • One ounce of cannabis. 

  • A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something. 

  • A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid) 

  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder. 

  • The top or cover of a container. 

  • A motorcyclist's crash helmet. 

swab

verb
  • To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab. 

noun
  • A sailor; a swabby. 

  • A naval officer's epaulet. 

  • A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. 

  • A mop, especially on a ship. 

  • A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. 

  • A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). 

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