say vs screen

say

noun
  • Trial by sample; assay; specimen. 

  • Tried quality; temper; proof. 

  • A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. 

  • Essay; trial; attempt. 

  • A strainer for milk. 

verb
  • Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. 

  • To tell, either verbally or in writing. 

  • To indicate in a written form. 

  • To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. 

  • To recite. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To try; to assay. 

  • To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. 

  • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. 

adv
  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach. 

  • For example; let us assume. 

intj
  • Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion 

screen

noun
  • Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening 

  • A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection. 

  • A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc. 

  • A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. 

  • A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions. 

  • A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself. 

  • The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen. 

  • An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible. 

  • The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation. 

  • The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed. 

  • The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects 

  • An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. 

  • A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires. 

  • One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens. 

  • A disguise; concealment. 

verb
  • To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. 

  • To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone. 

  • To present publicly (on the screen). 

  • To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein. 

  • To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts. 

  • To fit with a screen. 

  • To shelter or conceal. 

  • To filter by passing through a screen. 

  • To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease. 

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