conceit vs whim

conceit

noun
  • A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. 

  • Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. 

  • The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension. 

  • Design; pattern. 

  • Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. 

  • An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. 

whim

noun
  • A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea. 

  • A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. 

  • A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes 

verb
  • To be seized with a whim; to be capricious. 

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