curse vs termite

curse

noun
  • A vulgar epithet. 

  • A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. 

  • The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. 

  • A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. 

verb
  • To place a curse upon (a person or object). 

  • To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. 

  • To use offensive or morally inappropriate language. 

  • To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet. 

  • To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. 

termite

noun
  • A contemptible person. 

  • A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. 

verb
  • Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. 

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