argument vs tilt

argument

noun
  • Any dispute, altercation, or collision. 

  • An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves. 

  • The independent variable of a function. 

  • A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function. 

  • A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter. 

  • Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause. 

  • A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. 

  • A process of reasoning; argumentation. 

  • The phase of a complex number. 

  • A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends. 

  • A verbal dispute; a quarrel. 

  • A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises. 

tilt

noun
  • A jousting contest. (countable) 

  • An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office. 

  • A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. 

  • Any covering overhead; especially, a tent. 

  • The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. 

  • A thrust, as with a lance. 

  • A tilt hammer. 

  • A slope or inclination. 

  • The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. 

verb
  • To slope or incline (something); to slant. 

  • To point or thrust (a weapon). 

  • To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently. 

  • To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses). 

  • To charge (at someone) with a lance. 

  • To forge (something) with a tilt hammer. 

  • To be at an angle. 

  • To point or thrust a weapon at. 

  • To cover with a tilt, or awning. 

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