stamp vs stripe

stamp

verb
  • To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. 

  • To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. 

  • To mark; to impress. 

  • To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. 

  • To apply postage stamps to. 

  • To mark by pressing quickly and heavily. 

  • To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol. 

noun
  • An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. 

  • A device for stamping designs. 

  • A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide. 

  • A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees. 

  • Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence. 

  • A tattoo. 

  • A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores. 

  • A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work. 

  • An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. 

stripe

verb
  • To lash with a whip or strap. 

  • To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. 

  • To mark with stripes. 

noun
  • A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background. 

  • The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 

  • A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment. 

  • A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. 

  • The start/finish line. 

  • A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. 

  • Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 

  • A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick. 

  • Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots. 

  • A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. 

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