carousel vs turntable

carousel

noun
  • A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform). 

  • A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances. 

  • An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations. 

  • A continuously revolving device for item delivery. 

  • The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven. 

  • A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time. 

verb
  • To revolve or change places. 

turntable

noun
  • A circular rotating platform. 

  • The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player. 

  • A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks. 

verb
  • To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable. 

  • To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratch 

  • To play (a record) using a turntable. 

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