safe vs tense

safe

adj
  • Not in danger; out of harm's reach. 

  • Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection. 

  • Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going. 

  • In a location that renders it difficult to hit with the cue ball. 

  • Reliable; trusty. 

  • When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out. 

  • Cautious. 

  • Providing protection from danger; providing shelter. 

  • Free from risk. 

  • Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors. 

  • Properly secured. 

  • Not susceptible to a specified source of harm. 

noun
  • A condom. 

  • A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping. 

verb
  • To make something safe. 

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