farce vs wonder

farce

noun
  • A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. 

  • A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. 

  • Forcemeat, stuffing. 

  • A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. 

  • A ridiculous or empty show. 

verb
  • To stuff with forcemeat or other food items. 

  • To fill full; to stuff. 

wonder

verb
  • To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. 

  • To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind. 

noun
  • Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. 

  • A kind of donut; a cruller. 

  • Someone very talented at something, a genius. 

  • A mental pondering, a thought. 

  • The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence. 

  • Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable. 

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