plastic vs tense

plastic

adj
  • Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. 

  • fake; insincere. 

  • Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. 

  • Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. 

  • Inferior or not the real thing. 

  • Made of plastic. 

noun
  • An instance of plastic surgery. 

  • Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services. 

  • insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population. 

  • A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. 

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 plastic and tense occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )