mean vs sympathetic

mean

adj
  • Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable. 

  • Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another. 

  • Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby. 

  • Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average. 

  • Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating. 

  • Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted. 

  • Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with. 

  • Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble. 

  • Powerful; fierce; strong. 

  • Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base. 

  • Difficult, tricky. 

verb
  • To be of some level of importance. 

  • To have as intentions of a given kind. 

  • To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean 

  • To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). 

  • Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify. 

  • To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). 

  • Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude. 

  • To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. 

  • To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. 

  • To lament. 

  • To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea). 

noun
  • The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument. 

  • Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. 

  • The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. 

  • Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency. 

  • Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6. 

  • A method or course of action used to achieve some result. 

sympathetic

adj
  • Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy. 

  • A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence. 

  • Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way. 

  • Relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration. 

  • Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action. 

  • Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves. 

  • Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association. 

  • Attracting the liking of others. 

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