gesture vs swipe

gesture

noun
  • 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. 

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

verb
  • To make a gesture or gestures. 

  • To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action. 

  • To express something by a gesture or gestures. 

swipe

noun
  • An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it. 

  • A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep. 

  • A rough guess; an estimate or swag. 

  • An attack, insult or critical remark. 

  • An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader. 

  • Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut. 

  • A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. 

verb
  • To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader. 

  • To steal or snatch. 

  • To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion. 

  • To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it. 

  • To grab or bat quickly. 

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