dragnet vs quest

dragnet

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

  • To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water. 

noun
  • Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. 

  • A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. 

quest

verb
  • To search for something; to seek. 

  • To locate and attach to a host animal. 

  • To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job. 

noun
  • A short test. 

  • A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. 

  • The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit. 

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