joke vs toy

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. 

toy

verb
  • To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. 

  • To stimulate with a sex toy. 

  • To ponder or consider. 

noun
  • A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. 

  • A sex toy (object or device to give sexual pleasure). 

  • A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. 

  • A gun. 

  • Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. 

  • An inferior graffiti artist. 

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