eerie vs gargoyle

eerie

noun
  • An eerie creature or thing. 

adj
  • Strange, weird, fear-inspiring, especially in a shadowy or mysterious way. 

  • Frightened, timid. 

gargoyle

noun
  • A fictional winged monster. 

  • Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building. 

  • A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. 

  • An ugly woman. 

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