pencil-thin vs sheer

pencil-thin

adj
  • Somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin. 

sheer

adj
  • Very thin or transparent. 

  • Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something. 

  • Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular. 

  • Downright; complete; pure. 

verb
  • To swerve from a course. 

noun
  • A sheer curtain or fabric. 

  • An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship. 

  • The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern. 

How often have the words pencil-thin and sheer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )