headlong vs helter-skelter

headlong

adv
  • Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily. 

  • With an unrestrained forward motion. 

  • With the head first or down. 

adj
  • Rushing forward without restraint. 

  • Precipitous. 

  • Reckless, impetuous. 

  • Plunging downwards head foremost. 

verb
  • To precipitate. 

helter-skelter

adv
  • In confused, disorderly haste. 

adj
  • Carelessly hurried and confused. 

noun
  • A helical fairground slide. 

  • Confusion or turmoil. 

How often have the words headlong and helter-skelter occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )