canter vs scoot

canter

verb
  • To move at such pace. 

  • To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. 

noun
  • One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. 

  • A ride on a horse at such speed. 

  • One who cants or whines; a beggar. 

  • A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals. 

scoot

verb
  • To walk or travel fast; to go quickly. 

  • To run away hastily; scram. 

  • To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end. 

  • To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo. 

  • To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.). 

  • To squirt. 

  • To ride on a scooter. 

noun
  • A sudden flow of water; a squirt. 

  • A sideways shuffling or sliding motion. 

  • a scooter. 

  • A dollar. 

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