conn vs wheel

conn

verb
  • To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). 

noun
  • The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." 

wheel

verb
  • To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around. 

  • To roll along on wheels. 

  • To cause to change direction quickly, turn. 

  • To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air. 

  • To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle. 

  • To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair. 

noun
  • A wheelrim. 

  • A potter's wheel. 

  • A round portion of cheese. 

  • The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

  • A Catherine wheel firework. 

  • A recurring or cyclical course of events. 

  • A turn or revolution; rotation; compass. 

  • The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered. 

  • A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change. 

  • A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel. 

  • The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. 

  • A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. 

  • A spinning wheel. 

  • A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle. 

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