capriole vs scamper

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. 

scamper

noun
  • One who skimps or does slipshod work. 

  • A quick, light run. 

verb
  • To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner. 

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