drivel vs joke

drivel

verb
  • To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool. 

  • To use up or to be used up. 

  • To move or travel slowly. 

  • To be weak or foolish; to dote. 

noun
  • Nonsense; senseless talk. 

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