joke vs suppress

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. 

suppress

verb
  • To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression. 

  • To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained. 

  • To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. 

  • To prevent publication. 

  • To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. 

  • To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind. 

  • To stop a flow or stream. 

  • To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal. 

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