design vs mull

design

verb
  • To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem. 

  • To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). 

noun
  • A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. 

  • A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. 

  • The art of designing 

  • The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive. 

  • The composition of a work of art. 

  • Malicious or malevolent intention. 

  • A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem. 

  • Intention or plot. 

mull

verb
  • To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate. 

  • To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form. 

  • To dull or stupefy. 

  • To powder; to pulverize. 

  • To heat and spice something, such as wine. 

  • To join two or more individual windows at mullions. 

noun
  • An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. 

  • A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers. 

  • dirt; rubbish 

  • A thin, soft muslin. 

  • A promontory. 

  • A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. 

  • The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover. 

  • Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking. 

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