palm vs tell

palm

verb
  • To hold something without bending the fingers significantly. 

  • To move something with the palm of the hand. 

  • To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something. 

noun
  • The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 

  • A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc. 

  • The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers. 

  • Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses 

  • Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers. 

  • The flat inner face of an anchor fluke. 

  • A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. 

  • Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. 

  • Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old. 

  • The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal. 

  • Triumph; victory. 

tell

verb
  • To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer. 

  • To order; to direct, to say to someone. 

  • To instruct or inform. 

  • To narrate. 

  • To reveal. 

  • To convey by speech; to say. 

  • To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show 

  • To count, reckon, or enumerate. 

  • To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated. 

  • To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing. 

  • To discern, notice, identify or distinguish. 

  • To be revealed. 

noun
  • A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper. 

  • A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements. 

  • A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. 

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