lamp vs lamppost

lamp

noun
  • A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. 

  • A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp. 

  • A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets. 

verb
  • To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping. 

  • To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc. 

  • To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular. 

  • To hit, clout, belt, wallop. 

lamppost

noun
  • The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight. 

  • A tall, thin person. 

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