gear wheel vs whirligig

gear wheel

noun
  • A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear. 

whirligig

noun
  • A device incorporating spinning, wind-driven propellers or pinwheels, used as whimsical outdoor decoration in a garden or on a porch. 

  • A whirligig beetle. 

  • Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round. 

  • A device for punishing prisoners, comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around to induce nausea. 

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