mimic vs trounce

mimic

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. 

noun
  • An imitation. 

  • A comic who does impressions. 

  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. 

  • A mime. 

adj
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. 

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

  • Mock, pretended. 

trounce

verb
  • To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language. 

  • To pass across or over; to traverse. 

  • To travel quickly over a long distance. 

  • To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue. 

  • To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. 

  • To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin. 

  • To beat severely; to thrash. 

noun
  • A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious. 

  • A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge. 

  • An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat. 

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