mimic vs rib

mimic

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

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

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. 

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. 

rib

verb
  • To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way. 

  • To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in. 

  • To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land). 

  • To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs. 

noun
  • A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones. 

  • A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault 

  • A teasing joke. 

  • A stalk of celery. 

  • A single strand of hair. 

  • Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength. 

  • The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf. 

  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale). 

  • A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something. 

  • A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth. 

  • Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull. 

  • Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum. 

  • Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale). 

  • Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita). 

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