guy vs tease

guy

verb
  • To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo. 

  • To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. 

  • To play in a comedic manner. 

  • To equip with a support cable. 

noun
  • A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering. 

  • An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November). 

  • Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man. 

  • character, personality (not referring to a person, but pretending to) 

  • A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge). 

  • A person (see usage notes). 

  • A man, fellow. 

tease

verb
  • To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately. 

  • To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). 

  • To entice, tempt. 

  • To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser. 

  • To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. 

  • To provoke or disturb; to annoy. 

  • To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation. 

  • To backcomb. 

noun
  • A single act of teasing. 

  • One who teases. 

  • One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. 

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