love vs whitewash

love

noun
  • Nothing; no recompense. 

  • A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something. 

  • A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm. 

  • A deep caring for the existence of another. 

  • An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair. 

  • Sexual activity. 

  • Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young. 

  • A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba. 

  • A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. 

  • A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. 

  • A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. 

  • Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being. 

  • A profound and caring affection towards someone. 

  • Zero, no score. 

  • Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction. 

verb
  • To have a strong affection for (someone or something). 

  • To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. 

  • To derive delight from a fact or situation. 

  • To need, thrive on. 

  • To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). 

  • To have sex with (perhaps from make love). 

whitewash

noun
  • A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. 

  • The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste. 

  • A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. 

  • A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements. 

verb
  • To cover over errors or bad actions. 

  • In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. 

  • To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence. 

  • To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by discounting the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation. 

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