irony vs mischief

irony

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • An ironic statement. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the metal iron. 

  • The food had an irony taste to it. 

mischief

noun
  • Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. 

  • Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts. 

  • A playfully annoying action. 

  • A group or a pack of rats. 

  • A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property. 

  • The Devil; used as an expletive. 

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