spectacle vs tableau

spectacle

noun
  • An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation. 

  • A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm. 

  • The brille of a snake. 

  • An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc. 

  • An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light. 

tableau

noun
  • A striking and vivid representation; a picture. 

  • unit of a play, an opera or a ballet with change of stage setting. 

  • A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds. 

  • A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture. 

  • A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking. 

  • Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged. 

  • A semantic tableau. 

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