comeback vs joke

comeback

noun
  • A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one. 

  • A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity. 

  • An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw. 

joke

noun
  • Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. 

  • An amusing story. 

  • The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one 

  • A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. 

  • Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. 

verb
  • To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. 

  • To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. 

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