recline vs tense

recline

noun
  • A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism. 

verb
  • To cause to lean back; to bend back. 

  • To put in a resting position. 

  • To lean back. 

  • To put oneself in a resting position. 

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