potlatch vs tea

potlatch

noun
  • A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. 

  • A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth. 

verb
  • To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony. 

  • To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. 

tea

noun
  • A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea. 

  • The break in play between the second and third sessions. 

  • The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water. 

  • Meat stock served as a hot drink. 

  • Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants. 

  • Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea. 

  • A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction. 

  • A cup or (East Asia, Southern US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls. 

  • The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant. 

  • The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves. 

  • Information, especially gossip. 

verb
  • To take afternoon tea (the light meal). 

  • To drink tea. 

  • To give tea. 

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