pointy vs tapering

pointy

noun
  • Any pointed object. 

adj
  • In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->). 

  • Pointed in shape; having a point or points. 

tapering

noun
  • A tapered shape. 

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