tangle vs wicker

tangle

noun
  • Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person. 

  • Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. 

  • An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • A complicated or confused state or condition. 

  • A tangled twisted mass. 

  • A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease. 

  • A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times. 

  • An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. 

  • A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns. 

verb
  • To mix together or intertwine. 

  • To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • To catch and hold. 

  • To become mixed together or intertwined. 

wicker

noun
  • Wickerwork. 

  • wicker basket 

  • A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture. 

adj
  • Made of wickerwork. 

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