assurance vs phlegm

assurance

noun
  • Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 

  • Subjective certainty of one's salvation. 

  • The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. 

  • Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. 

  • The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. 

  • Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity 

  • Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. 

phlegm

noun
  • Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. 

  • One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. 

  • Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. 

  • A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution. 

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