cackle vs joke

cackle

verb
  • To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. 

  • To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. 

  • To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation. 

  • To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. 

noun
  • The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. 

  • Futile or excessively noisy talk. 

  • A group of hyenas. 

  • A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. 

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 cackle and joke occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )