define vs stencil

define

verb
  • To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. 

  • To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression. 

  • To establish the referent of a term or notation. 

  • To express the essential nature of something. 

  • To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept. 

  • To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. 

noun
  • A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs. 

stencil

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

noun
  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

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