funny vs joke

funny

noun
  • A joke. 

  • A rowboat with both ends pointed and out of the water. 

  • A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling. 

  • A comic strip. 

adv
  • In a manner seen as being typical of a homosexual, or indicating homosexuality 

  • In an unusual manner; strangely. 

adj
  • Amusing; humorous; comical. 

  • Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant. 

  • homosexual; gay 

  • Showing unexpected resentment. 

joke

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. 

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

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

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