palaver vs silence

palaver

noun
  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • Disagreement. 

  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • A village council meeting. 

verb
  • To flatter. 

  • To discuss with much talk. 

silence

noun
  • The act of refraining from speaking. 

  • deadly silence 

  • The absence of any sound. 

verb
  • To repress the expression of something. 

  • To suppress criticism, etc. 

  • To block gene expression. 

  • To murder. 

  • To make (someone or something) silent. 

intj
  • Be silent. 

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