gaffe vs malaprop

gaffe

noun

  • A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public. 

malaprop

noun

  • A malapropism. 

adj

  • Characterized by the use of malapropisms. 

verb

  • To use a malapropism. 

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