bilge vs claptrap

bilge

noun
  • Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. 

  • The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. 

  • The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. 

  • The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. 

  • talk bilge 

  • The bulging part of a barrel or cask. 

verb
  • To break open the bilge(s) of. 

  • To spring a leak in the bilge. 

  • To bulge or swell. 

claptrap

noun
  • Empty verbiage or nonsense. 

  • A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug. 

  • A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters. 

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