con vs gyp

con

verb
  • To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain. 

  • To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. 

noun
  • The conversion of part of a building. 

  • A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain. 

  • An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress. 

  • A convicted criminal, a convict. 

  • A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros). 

  • A political conservative. 

gyp

verb
  • To cheat or swindle. 

noun
  • Pain or discomfort. 

  • The room in which such college servants work. 

  • A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin. 

  • Coordinate terms: porter, bedder 

  • A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. 

  • Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”) 

  • Gypsophila. 

  • A small kitchen for use by college students. 

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