blunt vs relieve

blunt

verb
  • To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of 

  • To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 

noun
  • A marijuana cigar. 

  • A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. 

  • A short needle with a strong point. 

  • A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 

adj
  • Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. 

  • Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. 

  • Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. 

  • Hard to impress or penetrate. 

  • Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. 

relieve

verb
  • To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc. 

  • To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. 

  • To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. 

  • To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to. 

  • To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.). 

  • To urinate or defecate. 

  • To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm. 

  • To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on. 

  • To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place. 

  • To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). 

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