barrack vs joke

barrack

verb
  • To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means. 

  • To cheer for or support a team. 

  • To house military personnel; to quarter. 

  • To live in barracks. 

noun
  • A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes. 

  • Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building. 

  • A police station. 

  • A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. 

  • A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. 

joke

verb
  • To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. 

  • To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. 

noun
  • An amusing story. 

  • The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one 

  • A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. 

  • Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. 

  • Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. 

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