clown vs wag

clown

noun
  • A person who acts in a silly fashion. 

  • A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. 

  • A clownfish. 

  • A stupid or badly-behaved person. 

verb
  • To ridicule. 

  • To act in a silly or playful fashion. 

wag

noun
  • A witty person. 

  • An oscillating movement. 

verb
  • To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. 

  • To play truant from school. 

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