silent vs vocative

silent

adj
  • Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged. 

  • With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode. 

  • Hidden, unseen. 

  • Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed. 

  • Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. 

  • Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. 

  • Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. 

  • Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence. 

  • Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour. 

  • Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent. 

  • Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms. 

  • Without audio capability. 

noun
  • A silent movie 

  • That which is silent; a time of silence. 

vocative

adj
  • Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord" 

  • Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation. 

noun
  • The vocative case 

  • A word in the vocative case 

  • Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation. 

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