loiter vs tarry

loiter

noun
  • A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose. 

verb
  • To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. 

  • To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. 

  • For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target. 

tarry

noun
  • A sojourn. 

adj
  • Resembling tar. 

  • Covered with tar. 

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