mellow vs tense

mellow

adj
  • Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy. 

  • Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects. 

  • Fruitful and warm. 

  • Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp. 

  • Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great. 

  • Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed. 

  • Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp. 

  • Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe. 

  • Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued. 

  • Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle. 

  • Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly. 

noun
  • The property of being mellow; mellowness. 

  • Also main mellow: a close friend or lover. 

  • A comfortable or relaxed mood. 

verb
  • To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp. 

  • To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down. 

  • To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness. 

  • Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs. 

  • To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening. 

  • To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs. 

  • To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in. 

  • To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience. 

  • To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down. 

  • To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in. 

  • To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated. 

tense

adj
  • Pulled taut, without any slack. 

  • Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. 

verb
  • To apply a tense to. 

  • To make tense. 

  • To become tense. 

noun
  • Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. 

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