comic vs mummer

comic

noun
  • A comedian. 

  • A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel. 

  • A children's magazine. 

adj
  • Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous. 

  • Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. 

  • Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. 

mummer

noun
  • An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. 

  • A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. 

verb
  • Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”) 

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