cape vs shirt

cape

noun
  • A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. 

  • A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. 

  • A superhero. 

verb
  • To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape. 

  • To head or point; to keep a course. 

  • To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy. 

  • To skin an animal, particularly a deer. 

shirt

noun
  • An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms. 

  • An interior lining in a blast furnace. 

  • A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game. 

verb
  • To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt. 

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