mend vs ribbon

mend

noun
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 

  • The act of repairing or recovering. 

verb
  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 

  • To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) 

  • To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; 

  • To quicken 

  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 

ribbon

noun
  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping. 

  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer. 

  • A painted moulding on the side of a ship. 

  • A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 

  • A subheadline presented above its parent headline. 

  • A narrow strip or shred. 

  • In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip. 

  • A bandsaw. 

  • A watchspring. 

  • A sliver. 

  • A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus. 

  • An awareness ribbon. 

verb
  • To decorate with ribbon. 

  • To stripe or streak. 

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