desperado vs goon

desperado

noun
  • A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc. 

  • A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship. 

  • A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. 

  • A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check. 

goon

noun
  • A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish. 

  • One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility. 

  • A Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer, considered the first Sino-Japanese kanji reading type imported into Japan. 

  • A member of the comedy web site Something Awful. 

  • Cheap or inferior cask wine. 

  • An enforcer or fighter. 

  • A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp. 

  • A wine flagon or cask. 

  • A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence. 

verb
  • To legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility. 

  • To enter a trance-like state after masturbating and edging for a long period of time. 

  • To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents. 

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