able vs tied

able

noun
  • The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet. 

adj
  • Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. 

  • Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. 

  • Legally qualified or competent. 

  • Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. 

  • Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman. 

tied

adj
  • Conditional on other agreements being upheld. 

  • Restricted. 

  • a cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp. 

  • Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another. 

  • Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use. 

  • Closely connected or associated. 

  • That resulted in a tie. 

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