acute vs nasal

acute

adj
  • Intense, sensitive, sharp. 

  • Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. 

  • Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others. 

  • Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity. 

  • Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage. 

  • Urgent. 

  • Brief, quick, short. 

  • After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent. 

  • With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base). 

  • High or shrill. 

  • Of an angle: less than 90 degrees. 

verb
  • To give an acute sound to. 

noun
  • An acute accent (´). 

  • A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. 

  • An accent or tone higher than others. 

nasal

adj
  • Sharp, penetrating. 

  • Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion. 

  • Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng. 

  • Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage. 

noun
  • The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. 

  • A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc. 

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