tinge vs whitener

tinge

noun
  • The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. 

  • A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. 

verb
  • To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. 

  • To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. 

  • To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. 

whitener

noun
  • A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer". 

  • A person employed to whiten or bleach. 

  • Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach. 

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