bacchanal vs carousing

bacchanal

noun
  • The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 

  • A devotee of Bacchus. 

  • Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated. 

  • Drunken revelry; an orgy. 

  • drama, ruckus, fiasco 

  • A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. 

adj
  • Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. 

  • Relating to Bacchus or his festival. 

carousing

noun
  • carousal 

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