joke vs sport

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. 

sport

verb
  • To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. 

  • To display; to have as a notable feature. 

  • To close (a door). 

  • To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. 

  • To amuse oneself, to play. 

  • To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 

  • To divert; to amuse; to make merry. 

  • To represent by any kind of play. 

noun
  • Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. 

  • A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question) 

  • Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy. 

  • A sportsman; a gambler. 

  • One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes. 

  • A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. 

  • A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. 

  • Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing. 

  • Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport. 

  • A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects. 

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