amble vs gad

amble

verb
  • To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. 

  • Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. 

noun
  • An easy gait, especially that of a horse. 

  • An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. 

gad

verb
  • To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner. 

intj
  • An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake. 

noun
  • A greedy and/or stupid person. 

  • A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose. 

  • One who roams about idly; a gadabout. 

  • A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod. 

  • A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock. 

  • A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. 

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