silverware vs ware

silverware

noun
  • Anything made from silver. 

  • Anything with a silvery colour. 

  • Knives, forks and spoons. 

  • Trophies, success in a competition. 

ware

noun
  • Pottery or metal goods. 

  • See wares. 

  • Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. 

  • A style or genre of artifact. 

  • Crockery. 

adj
  • Aware. 

verb
  • To wear, or veer. 

  • Old eye dialect spelling of were. 

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