climax vs kicker

climax

noun
  • The final term of a rhetorical climax. 

  • A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. 

  • The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm. 

  • A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series 

  • The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point. 

  • The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment. 

verb
  • To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense). 

kicker

noun
  • The last one or two paragraphs of a story. 

  • An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand. 

  • An outboard motor. 

  • A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles. 

  • A relaxed party. 

  • The kicking strap. 

  • The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine". 

  • A practitioner of the kicking performance art. 

  • One who takes kicks. 

  • An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract. 

  • One who kicks. 

  • An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant. 

  • Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”) 

  • A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast. 

  • Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story. 

  • A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries. 

  • A backlight positioned at an angle. 

  • A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall. 

  • A launch ramp. 

  • A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy. 

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