miniature vs stencil

miniature

noun
  • An illustration in an illuminated manuscript. 

  • A token in a game representing a unit or character. 

  • A musical composition which is short in duration. 

  • A particular feature or trait. 

  • A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. 

  • Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. 

  • Lettering in red; rubric distinction. 

  • The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works. 

  • A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature. 

  • A chess game which is concluded with very few moves. 

adj
  • Smaller than normal. 

verb
  • To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature. 

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. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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