painting vs stencil

painting

noun
  • The action of applying paint to a surface. 

  • The same activity as an art form. 

  • An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. 

stencil

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

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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