gallop vs trek

gallop

verb
  • To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. 

  • To ride at a galloping pace. 

  • To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines. 

  • To run very fast. 

  • To progress rapidly through the body. 

  • To run at a gallop. 

  • To cause to gallop. 

noun
  • The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. 

  • An act or instance of going or running rapidly. 

  • An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop. 

trek

verb
  • To make a slow or arduous journey. 

  • To travel by ox wagon. 

  • To travel by walking. 

  • To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas. 

noun
  • A journey by ox wagon. 

  • The Boer migration of 1835-1837. 

  • A long walk. 

  • A slow or difficult journey. 

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