opposite vs patterning

opposite

adv
  • In an opposite position. 

adj
  • Facing in the other direction. 

  • Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem. 

  • Located directly across from something else, or from each other. 

  • Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things. 

  • Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. 

prep
  • Facing, or across from. 

  • In a complementary role to. 

  • On another channel at the same time. 

noun
  • Something opposite or contrary to something else. 

  • An opponent. 

  • A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things. 

  • An antonym. 

  • An additive inverse. 

patterning

noun
  • Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after. 

  • An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media. 

  • A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern. 

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