hanging vs papering

hanging

noun
  • Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters). 

  • The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged. 

  • The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide). 

adj
  • Unprotected and exposed to capture. 

  • Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit. 

  • Suspended. 

  • Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting. 

papering

noun
  • Wallpaper. 

  • A technique of boycotting a judge by the Public Defender's Office by filing a request for a different judge in every case assigned to this judge. 

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