banter vs mockery

banter

noun
  • Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation. 

verb
  • To delude or trick; to play a prank upon. 

  • To challenge to a match. 

  • To haggle; cheapen the price. 

  • To engage in banter or playful conversation. 

  • To play or do something amusing. 

  • To tease (someone) mildly. 

  • To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.). 

mockery

noun
  • The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. 

  • Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. 

  • Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. 

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