ovine vs silent

ovine

adj
  • Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. 

  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. 

noun
  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

  • A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. 

silent

adj
  • Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. 

  • With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode. 

  • Hidden, unseen. 

  • Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged. 

  • Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed. 

  • Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. 

  • Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. 

  • Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence. 

  • Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour. 

  • Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent. 

  • Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms. 

  • Without audio capability. 

noun
  • A silent movie 

  • That which is silent; a time of silence. 

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