deviate vs zigzag

deviate

verb
  • To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. 

  • To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. 

  • To cause to diverge. 

noun
  • A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert. 

  • A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value. 

zigzag

verb
  • To move or to twist in a zigzag manner. 

noun
  • A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions. 

  • One of these sharp turns. 

adv
  • in a zigzag manner or pattern 

adj
  • Moving in, or having a zigzag. 

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