barn dance vs cakewalk

barn dance

noun
  • A type of set step routine dancing, such as square dance. 

verb
  • To take part in barn dancing. 

cakewalk

noun
  • The dance, or strutting style of dance associated with such a contest. 

  • A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers. 

  • Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge. 

  • The style of music associated with such a contest. 

verb
  • To perform the cakewalk dance. 

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