foray vs swoop

foray

noun
  • A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. 

  • A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere. 

verb
  • To participate in a foray. 

  • To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise. 

swoop

noun
  • An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. 

  • A quick passage from one note to the next. 

  • A sudden act of seizing. 

verb
  • To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing. 

  • To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive. 

  • To pass with pomp; to sweep. 

  • To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something. 

  • To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. 

  • To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes. 

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