curlicue vs inflect

curlicue

verb
  • To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. 

noun
  • A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. 

inflect

verb
  • To influence in style. 

  • To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. 

  • To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. 

  • To cause to curve inwards. 

  • To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. 

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