palimpsest vs scroll

palimpsest

noun
  • A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. 

  • The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one. 

  • Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form. 

  • Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface. 

  • Memory that has been erased and re-written. 

  • Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity. 

verb
  • To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse. 

  • On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day. 

scroll

noun
  • A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. 

  • The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next. 

  • A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow. 

  • An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 

  • A turbinate bone. 

  • A skew surface. 

  • A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill. 

  • The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head. 

  • A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape. 

  • Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. 

verb
  • To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read. 

  • To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically. 

  • To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments. 

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