buffalo vs forage

buffalo

verb
  • To hunt buffalo. 

  • To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. 

noun
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. 

  • The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.). 

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. 

  • A nickel. 

forage

verb
  • To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses. 

  • To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes. 

  • To rummage. 

  • Of an animal: to seek out and eat food. 

noun
  • Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. 

  • An act or instance of foraging. 

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