geranium vs tawny

geranium

adj
  • Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium. 

noun
  • The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium. 

  • A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium. 

  • Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, the cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae. 

tawny

adj
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour. 

noun
  • Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”) 

  • In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks. 

  • Tawny owl. 

  • Tawny frogmouth. 

  • The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). 

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour. 

  • Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name). 

verb
  • To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

  • To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

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