jibe vs joke

jibe

verb
  • To say in a mocking or taunting manner. 

  • To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. 

  • To accord or agree. 

  • To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. 

noun
  • A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt. 

joke

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

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

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