gesture vs innuendo

gesture

noun
  • An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude. 

  • A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command. 

  • A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech. 

verb
  • To make a gesture or gestures. 

  • To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action. 

  • To express something by a gesture or gestures. 

innuendo

noun
  • A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation. 

  • Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description. 

  • She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed. 

  • A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument. 

verb
  • To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied. 

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