velvet vs wealthy

velvet

noun
  • Money acquired by gambling. 

  • The drug dextromethorphan. 

  • A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. 

  • Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers. 

  • A female chinchilla; a sow. 

verb
  • To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers. 

  • to retract. 

  • To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture. 

  • To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying. 

  • To soften; to mitigate. 

adj
  • Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. 

  • Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia. 

  • Made of velvet. 

wealthy

noun
  • A rich person. 

  • Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively. 

adj
  • Possessing financial wealth; rich. 

  • Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse. 

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