capriole vs hurtle

capriole

noun
  • A leap or caper, as in dancing. 

  • A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap. 

verb
  • To leap; to caper. 

  • To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole. 

hurtle

noun
  • A fast movement in literal or figurative sense. 

  • A clattering sound. 

verb
  • To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently. 

  • To move rapidly, violently, or without control. 

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