deflect vs whirl

deflect

verb
  • To divert (attention, etc.). 

  • To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players. 

  • To make (something) deviate from its original path. 

  • To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.). 

  • To deviate from its original path. 

whirl

verb
  • To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. 

  • To make something or someone whirl. 

  • To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. 

  • To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. 

noun
  • (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial. 

  • Something that whirls. 

  • A rapid series of events. 

  • Dizziness or giddiness. 

  • An act of whirling. 

  • A confused tumult. 

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