clod vs coot

clod

noun
  • A stupid person; a dolt. 

  • A lump of something, especially of earth or clay. 

  • Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. 

  • The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. 

verb
  • To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot. 

  • To pelt with clods. 

  • To throw violently; to hurl. 

coot

noun
  • A foolish or eccentric fellow 

  • Body louse (Pediculus humanus). 

  • A success; something excellent. 

  • Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. 

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