helter-skelter vs lather

helter-skelter

noun
  • Confusion or turmoil. 

  • A helical fairground slide. 

adj
  • Carelessly hurried and confused. 

adv
  • In confused, disorderly haste. 

lather

noun
  • A state of agitation. 

  • The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. 

  • Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. 

verb
  • To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. 

  • To cover with lather. 

  • To beat or whip. 

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