antic vs irony

antic

noun
  • A caricature. 

  • A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping 

  • A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon. 

  • A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. 

adj
  • Playful, funny, absurd. 

  • Grotesque, incongruous. 

verb
  • To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously. 

  • To perform antics, to caper. 

irony

noun
  • An ironic statement. 

  • Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. 

  • Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. 

  • Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. 

  • The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the metal iron. 

  • The food had an irony taste to it. 

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