joke vs stir up

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. 

stir up

verb
  • To arouse or excite (passion or action). 

  • To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid. 

  • To mix (ingredients) by stirring. 

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