harness vs mimic

harness

verb
  • To equip with armour. 

  • To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain. 

  • To capture, control or put to use. 

noun
  • A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps. 

  • The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle. 

  • A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function. 

  • Equipment for any kind of labour. 

mimic

verb
  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. 

  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

adj
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. 

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

  • Mock, pretended. 

noun
  • An imitation. 

  • A comic who does impressions. 

  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. 

  • A mime. 

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